419 scam: luis garcia <luisg6138@gmail.com> Attn;Jamie Persico

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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:

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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: luis garcia <luisg6138@gmail.com>
Reply-To: garciaassociados@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 03:58:34 +0100
Subject: Attn;Jamie Persico

Dear Jamie Persico,

I am Luis Garcia, a Solicitor and the Personal Attorney to Late Mr.
Michael Persico, who was a Petrochemical Engineer and Consultant in
LIBYA.

On the 12th of June 2009, my client (with whom you bear the same last
name), His wife and their only daughter were involved in a car
accident. Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the
accident. Since then I have made several inquiries to his Embassy to
locate any of my client's extended relatives but has been
unsuccessful.

I contacted you because you share similar last name with my late
client and he left behind the sum of USD9.5M in a bank here in Spain
and banking legislative regulations in Spain stipulates that a next of
kin should notify the fiscal authorities after 6 years or have it
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the government if a next of
kin is not presented.

Further details will be given upon confirmation of receipt of the proposal.

Best regards,
Luis Garcia[Esq]

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