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Is Freddy Edgardo Gonzalez a real lawyer in Nicaraca?

He has been e-mailing me and I need to know if it is a scam.

XXXXXXXXXX@XXXXX.XXX

Submitted: 66 days and 13 hours ago.
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Posted by MJ 66 days and 13 hours ago.

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Hell XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, and thank you for your question.

It would help us to know:
Do you have any additional information on this person, such as a phone number or address?
Why are you asking the question? What has been the subject of your communication with this person?

Thank you for this additional information.

66 days and 13 hours ago.

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I have his e-mail address

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Is the email in your first post his email address? Or is that your email address?

Could you post the content of his initial email to you?
It would help me to know the nature of your business with this person. We are often able to verify the veracity of information - or provide evidence of misinformation, scams, etc. with this information.

Thank you in advance for the additional information.

Edited by MJ on 9/16/2009 at 3:19 AM

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66 days and 1 hours ago.

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His e-mail is XXXXX@XXXXXX.XXX

 

He is trying to help me be the next of kin to a Mrs. Cathy Harder. She is dying

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Hello XXXXXXXXXXXXXX, and thank you for the additional information.

Unfortunately, this is a well known email scam, and there does not appear to be any attorney by this name in Nicaragua.
There are several variations on this - but generally they revolve around a story of a dead or dying person who has no known next of kin, and the "lawyer" tells you that if you will stand in as an heir you can collect a share of a fortune.
All of these are fraudulent attempts to get people to transfer funds to scammers and/or to reveal enough personal information that the scammers can access bank accounts, credit cards, etc.

This is known as a "419 scam", originally in reference to a section of Nigerian law - but similar scams can originate from any country.
If you are in the US you can file complaints here: the National Consumer League's Fraud Center: http://www.fraud.org/ and at the Internet Crime Complaint Center here: www.IC3.gov

I hope that you have not given any information or funds to these emailers.
I advise that you cease communicating with them completely.


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