419 scam: Perry Winchester <captpw@boxge.ru> PROMPT REPLY PLEASE

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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:
- "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)
- "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "captpw@g.pl" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "captpw@g.pl" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Perry Winchester <captpw@boxge.ru>
Reply-To: captpw@g.pl
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:31:29 +0000
Subject: PROMPT REPLY PLEASE

PROMPT REPLY PLEASE
PERRY WINCHESTER
ARMORED DIVISION
IRAQ MILITARY BASE
US ARMY
Reply to my private email: captpw@g.pl

Hello and Good Day,
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having
gone through your profile on the internet, I have considered reaching
having seen that you are a professional.
Though this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach
you through it because it still remains the fastest, surest and most
secured medium of communication.
However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be
treated as such. Before I introduce myself, I urge you to treat it with the
seriousness it deserves. I also guarantee you that this transaction is risk
free
My name is Perry Winchester. I am an American soldier and I am serving in
the military with the 1st Armored Division in Iraq till date. As you know
we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs/suicide bombers.
However, I managed to move part of funds belonging to Saddam Hussein's
family in 2009. The total amount is USD$38.6 Million dollars. This money
has been kept deposited in for a while now, but with the proposed troop
in-increase by President Barrack Obama to end the war and make peace with
Iraq militant and terrorist I am afraid that the money may be confiscated
as I do not access it as a result of our current military engagement. Hence
I want to make sure that the money is in safe hands pending the completion
of our assignment here.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
I look forward to hear from you so as to extend more confidential details
to you immediately. I really hope that I can trust you. I am offering that
you have 40% of the money while I will have 50%, then the balance 10%
should be used for charity. Reply to my private email:captpw@g.pl
Yours sincerely,
Capt. Perry Winchester.

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