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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "DrRaphael Gomez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <raphaelgomez777@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 17:35:08 -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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