419 scam: "Major Roger V Howison"<roger_howison@sify.com> GREETINGS

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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.
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.
- roger_howison02@sify.com (Sify; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Major Roger V Howison" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <roger_howison02@sify.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:22:07 +0800
Subject: GREETINGS

Greetings,

Please forgive me for the unofficial way of reaching you via email

Contacting you is the only option left to me due to the doctors report

on my deteriorating health condition which raised a lot of worries

regarding some amount of money i secured during my service in Afganistan

and Iraq

For you to understand my plight better, let me start by introducing my self

to you , My name is Major Roger V Howison from Greenfield, MA. USA, a member

of the U.S. ARMY USARPAC Medical Team, which was deployed to the two countries

respectively in the beginning of the war in Afganistan and Iraq

Presently i am disabled due to the my bad experience and role which I played in

the pursuit of my career serving under the U.S 1st Armored which was at the

fore-front of the war in Iraq

Please find time to view the site below as it will be very useful for better

understanding. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

Having gone through the site, please feel free to contact me for details of

what i want to entrust in your care.please contact me at my private

(roger_howison02@sify.com)

Waiting to hear from you

Thanks,

Best Regards

Major Roger V Howison

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