419 scam: "PEDRO CAMACHO"<geraldodantelesq@gmail.com> Confidential Business Proposal.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- pedroluiscamacho@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PEDRO CAMACHO" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pedroluiscamacho@yahoo.es>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 09:51:20 +0200
Subject: Confidential Business Proposal.

DearFriend,

Confidential Business Proposal

Before I proceed, I must first apologize for this unsolicited letter to you. I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but you will realize the need for my action as you read on.

My Name is Pedro Luis Camaccho, the Coordination Director of State Lotteries Madrid Spain. Actually, I got your contact information through your countrys public records, and based on the information gathered from your country directory and Industry, I have the privilege to request your assistance to transfer the sum of $9,500,000.00 (Nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) into your accounts.

The above sum resulted from an unclaimed lottery draw, executed and commissioned for about five months (5) ago. This action was however intentional and since then the fund has been in a suspense account with the paying Bank. The prize money must be claimed not later than 20th day of September 2015 and if the claims are not made before this date, the fund will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed funds.

We are now ready to transfer the fund overseas and that is where you will come in. Against this backdrop, we are proposing to present you as the beneficiary of the lottery award fund valued US$9,500,000.00so that the funds would be paid to your bank account. I will prepare every relevant document that will assist the claims and facilitate the transfer of the fund to you.

Note; this transaction is 100% risk free, and I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement without the breach of the law. Once the fund is released to you, I will come over to your country and we shall share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you as your benefit. All we require from you is your transparent honesty and co-operation to enable us see this transaction through.

If this proposal does offend your moral values please pardon me, otherwise reply via my private email address; pedroluiscamacho@yahoo.es for further clarification. Please be kind to get back to me, even if you are not interested so that we can further our search for another partner.

Best regards,

Pedro Luis Camacho

Coordination Director

National Lottery, Madrid Spain

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