419 scam: JOHN ENGLAND <johnuscssn80@us.army.mil> With Due respect!!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: JOHN ENGLAND <johnuscssn80@us.army.mil>
Reply-To: jegld1968@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:21:44 -0500
Subject: With Due respect!!

With Due respect ,

This might come to you as a surprise. However. I am John England . An
American soldier in peace keeping force here in Iraq.

I'm serving in the military of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq, after
going through profiles yours capture my interest as I strongly
believe you are in better position to assist in this very matter as
well.

As you know as soldiers we've been attack severally with bomb blasts
We managed to move our funds in the tune of $10 Million USD in cash.

ID information 10 U.S.C. Section 3013, Secretary of the Army; Army
Regulation 25-1, Army Information Management; Army Regulation 380-19,
Information Systems Security; E.O. 9397 (SSN).

This fund itself was discovered some years ago and we have hidden and
concealed the funds waiting for an opportunity to move the funds out.
Now there will be no more time. All US troops are leaving Iraq you see
this at B.B.C NEWS, most of us have been redeployed to Afghanistan. We
have to move the funds now or we likely to loose everything.

I'm contacting you as an external body because of our status as
American soldiers on war duty. Our activities are highly limited based
on the U.S military code of conduct.

We want to move this fund to you if you can be a trust worthy
person, so you preserve our own part, share of this very fund till
when we will come over to meet with you. You are legitimate to 30% of
the total amount.

So If you are interested kindly send an e-mail signifying your
interest including your most confidential telephone numbers for quick
communication this is necessary in the interest and the protection of
our partnership,Then we can send to you details and it is 100% risk
free. Please contact us immediately for more information.

I look forward to hear from you

Yours sincerely,

John England.

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