419 scam: TERRY KIRONI <feedback02@att.net> My Dear Friend,

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "trunk box" (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)
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
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.
- terry_kironi009@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: TERRY KIRONI <feedback02@att.net>
Reply-To: terry_kironi009@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 05:10:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: My Dear Friend,

My Dear Friend,
I wish to use this opportunity to solicit for your good assistance in a business deal which will be of immense benefit to both us if you cooperate with me and be very honest with me.

First let me introduce my self. My name is Sgt. Terry kironi, I am an United Nation soldier with Israeli background, serving in the military with the 3rd infantry division under the United Nations peace keeping Force in Baghdad Iraq. I am with a very desperate need of your assistance urgently. As I speak now, I have the sum 15.2M (Fifteen Million Two Hundred thousand United States Dollars) stocked in a trunk box in a security company in Iraq waiting to be shipped into your custody via diplomatic courier carriage system, provided you can guarantee the safety of the fund and assure me that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my assignment here. This is not a stolen money, and there is no danger involved, I can assure you its 100% risk free.

SOURCE OF MONEY: few of my military colleagues and me exported millions of crude oil barrels illegally from Iraq as the fight was going on. We sized the little opportunity that came our ways to make millions of dollars for our selves. But because, we have no registered oil company coupled with the fact that we are serving soldiers in Iraq. We cannot deposit millions of dollar into bank without explaining where we got it from which may lead to investigation confiscation of the fund by the government, so we decided to package the money in a trunk box and deposited in a security company here in Iraq for safe keeping.

This was quite an illegal thing to do, but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell hole. Of which my brother in-law was killed by a road side bomb last week. The above figure was given to me as my share, and to conceal this kind of money became a big problem for me, so with the help of a British contractor working here and his office enjoy some immunity, I was able to package the money to a safer location in Security Company.

Until date, no body knows that the box contains a lot of money because I lied to the security company that the box contains only (FAMILY EFFECTS/TREASURE). You are the first person I am telling this because I need your assistance to take this box out of Iraq before they will discover that it contains a lot of money.

I decided to contact you because I know that you are in good business which is exactly where I want to invest the said fund after the deal is completed. I also know that with your vast experience, you are capable of handling the deal and as well. For your good assistance I am going to offer you 35% of the total sum of (US$15.2) as contain in the box after the deal, while the remaining 65% will be for me
If youre in agreement with me, then get back to me immediately and send me your full names, phone number, delivery address including you identity card so that we can progress immediately with deal.

Pls, reply to my email (terry_kironi009@yahoo.co.jp ) for further directives.

One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, should you have reasons to accept or reject this offer please.
Sincerely yours,
>From Sgt.Terry Kironi

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