419 scam: Combo Miguel <canmbomiguel@gmail.com> YOU CAN CALL ME FOR MORE DETAILS!

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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:
- "trunk box" (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)
- "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)
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- cambomiguel@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Combo Miguel <canmbomiguel@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cambomiguel@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2016 01:43:33 -0700
Subject: YOU CAN CALL ME FOR MORE DETAILS!

My Names are Combo Miguel Attorney) to Late Engr. (ALEX) and family, who died along side with the immediate family during the cataclysm mishap which occurred in December 2006. After confirmation of their death, I have made several enquiries to locate any relative of the late client family which has so far proved unsuccessful.

Thus I decided to broaden my search through bureau of international public records to locate any member of the extended family hence I saw your name. I know you may not be biologically related to them but since you both bear the same surname which is the basic requirement for this claim in line with the existing law here in the kingdom of Spain, thus I decided to contact you to enable us to retrieve this deposit from the deposit outlet here in Spain.

Before the mayhem that claimed their lives, the family deposited Trunk box containing $10,800,000.00 (Ten Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) with a safe outlet here in Spain. As the attorney to the deceased family the outlet mandated me to present the heir/inheritor to make claim or the deposit will be confiscated and taken to the bureau of Diplomatic Security as unclaimed.

Based on the aforementioned situation I am obliged to solicit your attention to my proposal; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and personal. Though I am aware of the fact that a request of this magnitude might make one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all be well at the end of the day. With regards to this, I seek your consent to present you as the heir/inheritor to the deceased family upon this the deposit will be released to you and the entire content be further disbursed on the ratio of 50:50 between us.

As a practicing attorney all I require from you is your honest co-operation and collaboration to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this transaction would be executed under strict legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law and legal risk. For further questions or clarification you can get across to me via any of my enlisted contact details:-

Sincerely,
Barrister. Combo Miguel
Tel(+34)631 716 797
Tel/Fax:(+34)911 881 360,
Email:cambomiguel@gmail.com

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