419 scam: "REPRESENTATIVE"<js3815@muse.ocn.ne.jp> My Possession the Sum of £3,820,000.00GBP, contact me

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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:

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.

Fraud email example:

From: "REPRESENTATIVE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <obedsmithjohn@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 00:18:54 -0700
Subject: My Possession the Sum of £3,820,000.00GBP, contact me

Hello,

I am back and safe, we operated in

Pakistan and in He-rat Afghanistan, we

captured 34 terrorist and lost 53 men on

the whole with females, God has ever

been with me, please thank God for my

life and exalt his name forever, my name

have appeared on the list of soldiers

going back finally to USA to retire from

the military,

I have a secret to tell you ,

I Have now in My Possession the Sum of

£3,820,000 ( Three million, eight

hundred and twenty thousand) Great

British Pounds Sterling in £50, £20 &

£10 pounds note bills, attached to this

mail is a photo of the money inside the

bag when I picked it up while fighting

the terrorists last night, I Recovered

this £3,820,000 ( Three million, eight

hundred and twenty thousand) Great

British Pounds Sterling from Our Raids

on Terrorists' camp here in Afghanistan

last night and I am now Hiding the money

Inside a Bush around here in the camp.

I need your help,i have a good plan on

how to send the money to you

Therefore all Communication for now Will

be via Email until We finish Our

Assignment here and Fly Straight to your

Country to Meet you After My Retirement

as Promised. Thank God for President

Barrack Obama Whose Interest is keen to

Call us Back home soon.

Regards,Reply to: obedsmithjohn@outlook.com

Country.....

Home Address......

Occupation........

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