419 scam: "SGT Michael Sauret" <info@lonline.net> CAN I TRUST YOU??

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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:
- "million dollars" (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)
- ",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)
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.
- dillynizglobal@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SGT Michael Sauret" <info@lonline.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dillynizglobal@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:18:37 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU??

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Greetings,

I'm SGT Michael Sauret an American soldier serving in Syria. I am
contacting you for a business proposal. During my service in Iraq, we
discovered some million of dollars which we shared among ourselves
Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000) each. For the fact that am still
in service i could not make any plan with the money rather than to
deposit it in a Bank over there in America. 2 soldiers among us who
could not move their share of the fund out of Iraq were caught and
prosecuted over the missing fund. Right now am no more comfortable with
the deposit of the money under my name and this is because the military
may decide to carry out investigation again. I am contacting you for
assistance over the claim of the money. I want the fund to be
transferred to your account till when i complete my service here in
Syria. I will share with you 65% for me and 35% for you.

Kindly get back to me with your details so i can give you more details.

(1) Your full Name,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
(2) Your full contact address,,,,,,,,
(3) Your telephone number,,,,,,,,,,,,
(4) Your occupation and Age,,,,,,,,,,
Thanks in advance.
Michael.

dillynizglobal@gmail.com

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