419 scam: "Pedro Gómez"<Pedrogmez@mail2spain.com> Good day, I have a very important issue to discuss with you.

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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "with your full names" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
- "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- pedro.gmez@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Pedro Gómez" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:39:36 +0100
Subject: Good day, I have a very important issue to discuss with you.

Good day, for security reasons, I will be coding my real name and name of my bank here in spain, until finally I believe you will be interested in this business proposal of Mind. There is a sum of 50 million euro deposited in my bank, to a deceased person.
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this money, because they all died in the same accident (May their soul rest in peace).
We can not release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased, I have helpfully with the aid of the red cross California obtain the diseased death certificate, and other documentations will be carefully worked out by me for the funds 50, 000, 000, 00 million euro to be released in your favor as the beneficiary's next of kin.
After four years if the money is unclaimed, it will be called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared among the directors of the bank. So it is on this note I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank directors to share this money among themselves at the end of the year.
I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful. I have contacted an attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin of deceases, all that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full Names, age, occupation, address and country of residence, so that the attorney can commence his job.

Please note, there is no risk involved at all in the matter as we are going to adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents.

Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall share in the ratio of 50% for me, 50% for you.

Should you be interested please send the information's required from you
and finally after that I shall provide you with more details on this transaction.

Your earliest response to this letter will be highly appreciated. You may contact me with my private email. pedro.gmez@yahoo.es

Best Regards,
Pedro Gómez.

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