419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (2006-01)

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- privatecrystalj@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sergeant Crystal Johnson." <projetos@pvr.com.br>
Reply-To: "activeusarmy@gmail.com" <activeusarmy@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 09:43:36 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: From Sergeant Crystal Johnson, Your Urgent Response Is Highly
Needed.

Good-day,

I have written to you before now and you did not respond back to me. I'm Sergeant Crystal Johnson from Glendale, California USA, single, with the Special Forces Operational Team assigned to â€œCâ€ Company, 204th Signal Battalion, 2nd Brigade. I'm deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom as a member of the Combined Joint Special Operations force in Syria combating against the use of chemical weapons and gas on innocent civilians. I came across your address in an American business journal. I led a special combat mission last month here in Syria, in which there was a shooting spree between us ( ARMIES ) and the pro Al-Assad group and we succeeded to conquer them, I realized some valuables / treasures ( GOLDS ) including a total sum of currency in dollars which amounted to $7,700,000 USD. No one knows about this money and I want to invest this found out side America, it may be in a real estate investment or hospital / clinic investment with someone that is trust worthy whom I can count on. If you think that I can count on you and you are trust worthy to help me receive this fund and treasures which I will send down to you via a delivery company, get back to me so that we can work this out in agreement. I shall provide you with details of my business proposal if you permit me in my next email.

Finally i enjoy men who are transparent and confident with themselves and are not afraid to express themselves in a diplomatic way. I think it is very important that two people with a good business acumen and relationship should be truthful and transparent to each other. I believe that this should be discussed and communicated clearly in our next message.

Please do understand that internet facility is not Punctual here , i maybe offline often , just hold i will respond to your emails .

I wait to read from you on your interest. Do contact me on my private email address at: privatecrystalj@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Sergeant Crystal Johnson.

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