419 scam: "Jordan Martins"<test@indrapura.co.id> Good day and compliments

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Jordan Martins" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jordan.william114@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:03:33 +0100
Subject: Good day and compliments

Dear Friend,

Good day and compliments, i know this letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will go off a long way to determine my future and continued existence. Please allow me to introduce myself. I am Gen. Jordan William, US serving previously Hqs.Multinational Corps Iraq, III Corps-Camp Victory, but since we were dispatched I am in the eastern boarder of Baghdad province.

I am desperately in need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you. I am presently in Iraq and I owned your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking our assistance to evacuate the sum of $12,570,000(Twelve million five hundred and Seventy Thousand USD) to the States or any safe country or location of our choice; as far as I can be assured that it will be safe in your hand until I complete my service here. This is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved.

I have now found a secured way of getting the package out of Iraq for you to pick up. I do not know for how long I will remain here as I have been lucky to have survived 2 suicide bomb attacks by Pure Divine intervention. This and other reasons put into consideration have prompted me to reach out for help. If it might be of interest to you then Endeavor to contact me and we would work out the necessary formalities but I pray that you are discreet about this mutually benefiting relationship.

Respectfully,
Gen. Jordan William
United States Marine
Corps.IRAQ

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