419 scam: "Daniel Rowlnad"<info@gmail.com> Very Urgent From Captain Daniel Rowland12345

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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:
- "you will be entitled to 30%" (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)
- "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: "Daniel Rowlnad" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drowland1970@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:36:50 -0800
Subject: Very Urgent From Captain Daniel Rowland12345

Hello my good friend,

While we tried to force the box open, To my greatest surprise I discovered several guns, armor and amongst, two boxes contained bullets, one filled with hard drugs (heroin)and the other two to my amazement contained some US Dollars which amounted to $10.2M after I and two of my colleagues counted them for several hours. I believed that the boxes are owned or are linked to the Al Qaeda and Adman al-Zawahiri.

Having told you this as my confidant, it will be my delight and pleasure if you will assist me towards actualizing my dream with this development. Unanimously, we agreed to keep this as a secret among ourselves, and agreed to get the money out of the country for ourselves but first, we have hidden the two boxes that containing the US dollars in a safe and untraced location already. Now, I DESPERATELY in need of a “RELIABLE and TRUSTWORTHY” person who would receive, secure and safe guard these box containing the US dollars for me on till my assignment elapses.

I am aware of what your thoughts would be next but don’t conclude that yet because I am willing to guard and give you every logistics plans to follow in order to have hitched free in this deal. Also, I am not from any authority that would want to set you up just that I need your help and I assure you that this deal is 100% risk free.

My proposal to you is, if you are willing to help me receive the boxes (Money) you will be entitled to 30% of this fund in the end; Once again, I confide strictly in you and appeal that you keep this topmost secret so that we do not lose our job.

Please kindly get back to me with the following information for us to proceed with the plan on how to move this money out of Iraq as soon as possible.

1.Full Names….
2.Contact address…
3.Contact Phone Number....

With the assurances of my gratitude and compliance to the terms, I remain;

Very sincerely,

Captain Daniel Rowland

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