419 scam: Pedro Luis Camacho. <PedroLuisCamachoEsq@info.net> From Pedro Luis Camacho.

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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "@lawyer.com" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- pedroluiscamachoesq@lawyer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Pedro Luis Camacho. <PedroLuisCamachoEsq@info.net>
Reply-To: PedroLuisCamachoEsq@lawyer.com
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 08:20:09 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From Pedro Luis Camacho.

Attention Sir/Madam.

My name is Pedro Luis Camacho an attorney with EDIFIC-CRANE & ASOCIADOS. Actually, I got your contact information here while searching for my late client relatives. A business magnate who died along with his immediate family in a Car accident along Madrid express way which occurred December 2008.

So therefore, let me start by saying that I will be very glad if you do assist me to relocate the sum of US$12,500.000.00 (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) to your personal bank account to be of an immense benefit to both of us. This account belongs to one of our foreign customers (Late) Mr./Mrs. Graham Rodney Rajbir. He was one of the board shareholders in telecommunication in Spain from the Texas, USA.

All legal documents to back up the claims will be obtain legally here, I shall be directing you on the process I don't want this money diverted into the International Monitory Fund as an abandoned funds which could be destroy and confiscated as an unclaimed fund; meanwhile the ministry of finance and economic has issued an order to release any unclaimed fund immediately whenever the next of kin is discovered with dully application.

On this regards, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / will beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account can be transfer to you. This payment will be effected through Swift Transfer in conjunction with the foreign exchange department, Ministry of Finance Spain (MINISTERIO DE HACIENDA).

Mind you that this transaction is 100% risk free; there is no atom of risk connected to this business as I have worked out all modalities to complete the operation effectively. Once the deposited fund is released to you, we shall divide the content in the ratio of 50% for you, 50% for me as our benefit. Kindly send your response to my private email address: (PedroLuisCamachoEsq@lawyer.com) for further clarification. Please kindly get back to me if you are not willing to collaborate with me so that I can further my search for another partner.

Kind Regards,
Pedro Luis Camacho. (Esq.

Email: PedroLuisCamachoEsq@lawyer.com

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