419 scam: "roberto gomez"<MrRoberto_Gomez@postino.net> Auditor General CAJA ARGUITECTOSLD AND A NEW HOPEEDPŒë¸"

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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)
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",000,000" (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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- mr_gomezroberto@sino.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "roberto gomez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Mr_GomezRoberto@sino.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2010 15:02:34 +0100
Subject: Auditor General CAJA ARGUITECTOS

>From The Desk Of GOMEZ ROBERTO
General Auditor Of CAJA CAJA ARGUITECTOS ,
CALLE GENERAL FRANCO 23/25 C.P 28864 (Madrid España)
Private Email ; (Mr_GomezRoberto@sino.net )

Dear Friend,
I am Mr. GOMEZ ROBERTO , the general auditor of CAJA ARGUITECTOS,MADRID SPAIN. There is this floating funds for some years now which is to the tune of Eighteen Million Euros (18,000,000.00 Euros) Which as been floating in this A/C nº 5005874BS1000 since 2000 after the death of the true owner of
the funds Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an American who was a private business man unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31st 2000, including his wife and only daughter.You can read more about the crash on visiting these sites

below.http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html

I just came across his file again when I was auditing all the credit account in CAJA ARGUITECTOS, and I found out that nobody as ever come on behalf of the Late Mr. Morris Thompson as his next of kin to claim the funds. And I have been monitoring this account since I discovered this information.
In this case I have concluded to contact you if you are reliable to execute this transaction with me, then I will instruct you on how to claim as the next of kin to the late Mr. Morris thompson,so that the funds could be transfer to your overseas A/C, if only you can co-operate with me and
not to betray me at the end.For your information the transfer payment to apply for as the next of kin should be Seven Million Euros (7,000,000.00 Euros) As soon as you confirm your interest and co-operation I will give you the guide lines on how you can transact with the bank for the approval of the funds to your A/C.
As soon as everything as been put in place for the transfer I will apply for an annual leave to obtain a visa to travel to your country for my share of the funds and the sharing of the funds is 55% for me, 40% for you and the remaining 5% will be for expenses incurred during the transaction.
As soon as the transaction is over I will secretly destroy all documents that will lead to the trace of this transfer and go Back to My Country Because i have work all my Life in Spain.
As soon as I receive your reply through my Private email: Also will send you a copy of my international passport, and I will advise you on how to go about the transaction as well as to send you an agreement letter that will bind the both of us together in case of any future misunderstanding when sharing the
funds.I await your soonest respond.

Thanks.
Mr. GOMEZ ROBERTO
Auditor General CAJA ARGUITECTOS

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