419 scam: "Raphael Gomez"<raphaelgomez@oceanic.com> TO A SAFE ACCOUNT/NEXT OF KIN

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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)
- "necessary legal documents" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "huge deposit" (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)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- +447011137907 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- raphaelgomez66@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Raphael Gomez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <raphaelgomez777@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 12:03:40 -0400
Subject: TO A SAFE ACCOUNT/NEXT OF KIN

Dear Friend,

I apologize for not seeking your permission to send this letter into your privacy, I am Dr.Raphael Gomez,an Accountant/Auditor with one of the top banks here in UK, and a personal Account Manager to Late Engineer William Engledew: Please read my proposal clearly, I have a client by name Mr. William Ingledew, an engineer by profession.Mr.Ingledew and his wife Dorothy Ingledew who reside at Carey close,Middlesbrough, they died on the spot in a fatal car accident in 2005 while he was driving his Citroen car on the A67,close to Barnard Castle.

Unfortunately for him, while overtaking a goods vehicle his car collided with a Volvo traveling in the opposite direction. The website link below authenticates the validity of this saddening information. The link below authenticate the saddening events.
Visit www: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4453529.stm

My deceased client was a consultant to several oil, manufacturing and gas industries. He had a sojourn in the United States and so many other countries.
He belonged to several non-governmental and scientific organizations and was also a great philanthropist and a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club International; Since this unfortunate happens, I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by my bank where this huge deposits were lodged, particularly the Standard Chartered Bank Plc, Where the deceased had an account Valued about {$35,200,000.00} Thirty Five Million, Two Hundred Thousand United State Dollars.

As I am the personal accountant to this late deceased, the Organization of the Inheritance Committee of Great Britain has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to the Late Engineer William Engledew as soon as possible other wise they will get his entire sum deposited in his account confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2/3 years now after all the researches I made, I hereby seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued about {$32,200,000.00 Thirty Two Million, Two Hundred Thousand United State Dollars}. Can be paid to you, so you I can share the money at the profitable percentage. 55% to me and 40% to you. 5% will set aside for defrayal of any expenses that may be incurred locally and internationally in course of the transfer.

An attorney who knows the intricacies of theses inheritance transfer will be contracted to help us revalidated and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation and compliance to any directives or guide lines you get from me to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Contact me immediately as soon as you receive this email via my secured email address;( raphaelgomez66@gmail.com ), I am looking forward to your response.

Yours sincerely,
Dr.Raphael Gomez
Tel: +44-701-113-7907

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