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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: Alfredo Vincente Gonzalez <rapkam17@gmail.com>
Reply-To: avgo4415@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 02:52:47 -0700
Subject:

REF: MS/0078/28-MARCH-2023
ESTATE PROJECT.

Acknowledge receipt of this email.

Please confirm if you receive the previous email/letter I sent to you,
having the same surname with my client. I want to make sure you
received it and hopefully you had a chance, it will work well for you.
It is more professional and you have to be more serious as it concerns
your dearest relative, a contractor and a promoter with an independent
business magnate that lived in Europe (Spain to be precise) for over a
decade and successfully executed a contract worth "Nine million and
Four hundred thousand dollars" in construction and operation of
projects contracts with the government.

I got your contact through international municipal pages, while
searching for any possible (Relative) or Last Name to him. Prior to
the death of my late client; my client successfully executed a
contract worth "Nine million and Four hundred thousand dollars" in
projects. The government is fully paying all foreign contractors who
have successfully executed their contracts and my client is among
those to benefit in this payment schedule, which has already been
deposited with his bank. As the Attorney/Solicitor present during the
registry of the contract by my late client, the bank has officially
notified and instructed me to present the heir/heiress to make claims
of the outstanding deposit, which has been recorded.

All during advent, I decided to contact you. I will like to present
you to the financial institute (Bank) as the family member (Sole
Beneficiary / next of kin), since you are having a common Last Name as
my client. I would like to assure you that I am proposing this project
to you with the best of my intention. All I require from you is your
honest co-operation; I guarantee that this transaction will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of law. Upon successful conclusion of this project, once the
deposit is released to you, we shall disburse in equal ratio
respectively. Our work is subject to attorney-client, we offer a
comprehensive privilege and protection to our client and thus
applicable to us as attorneys.

Kindly reply strictly to my Email: avgon4416@gmail.com for effective
communication and oral clarification on how to proceed.

*Your Printed Name: ----------------------
*Telephone Number: -----------------------

Respectfully yours,
Alfredo Vincente Gonzalez
Senior Associate (Advocate)
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