419 scam: "Mr. Hugo Gonzalo" <comercial@grvtelecom.com.br> Urgent Respond

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- 234
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.
- hugogonzalo1965@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Hugo Gonzalo" <comercial@grvtelecom.com.br>
Reply-To: officerhugogonzalo@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 01:58:09 -0500
Subject: Urgent Respond

Madrid Office.
Calle JosÃ© Ortega y Gasset,
29.E-28006 Madrid Spain
Contact Person: Mr.Hugo Gonzalo
Email: Hugogonzalo1965@mail.ru
Fax: (+34) 91 554 62 01 Ext.: 241 Ext.: 234
Tel :( +34) 634 005 122

Attention. Ms./Mr.

I will appreciate your urgent response to my email and I assure you that this business transaction will surely improve our lives and that of all those around us.

I am Mr. Hugo Gonzalo I work in the Auditing Operation Department of a Financial institute/Bank Firm here in Geneva â€“ Switzerland, but presently in Spain .I believe and feel quite safe revealing this important business and will be glad to execute it with you if you are capable.My assurance to you is that this transaction is 100% risk free to both parties. I am only contacting you who are a foreigner because the Security Company is going to welcome you if I present you as the benefactor that has correct information/details about the said deposit. Please I will like you to (view) log on to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Rafic_Haririmaps/hariri-rafic for more information and proper understanding about the deceased depositor of the said fund before reading further. On February 14, 2005 Hariri was assassinated by a massive car bomb explosion next to his motorcade in Beirut. He was 60 years old. He is survived by his wife, Nazek, and six children. More than a dozen other people were also killed in the bombing. During my last momentary auditing, I discovered that Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri made Safe Deposit in our Security Company which he left no beneficiary.

My investigation revealed to me as well that his company and family do not know anything about this particular deposit, and this deposit has been dormant since 2005 because nobody knows that such deposit exists, hence I contacted you. The amount is US$14,700,000.00 (Fourteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only) and this fund will be released to you if you can co-operate with me. I need your full co-operation to make this work out fine.

Being a top executive at Security Firm, I have all secret details and necessary information/contacts for release of the said funds with no encumbrance.If you can handle this transaction for our joint benefit, please get back to me so that we can proceed further, as what is required now is to register you as the Benefactor so that the fund could be released to you. I will also use my position to influence and effect legal approvals and immediate release of the funds into your account with appropriate clearance from department concerned.

NOTE: Your business status does not matter in this transaction, what matters is your ability to handle the amount of this magnitude.

As soon as the transfer is concluded, you will retain some percentage of the fee as compensation for your assistance.

Await your urgent response yours faithfully

Mr. Hugo Gonzalo

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