419 scam: Johnson Campbell <officxc-----500500@att.net> REQUEST FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE!!

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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:
- "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)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- johnsoncampbell1950@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Johnson Campbell <officxc-----500500@att.net>
Reply-To: johnsoncamp@blumail.org
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:13:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: REQUEST FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE!!

FROM DESK OF

SIR, JOHNSON CAMPBELL

THE FORMER AUDITOR & ACCOUNTING

INTERNATIONAL BANK

REQUEST FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE!!

Hello,

This message might meet you in utmost surprise, however, itâ€™s just my
urgent need for a Foreign Partner that made me to contact you for this
transaction. I am a retired banker with a Bank in London United Kingdom
holding the post of Auditing and Accounting unit of the Bank.

I have the opportunity of transferring the left over funds ($7.2 million) Seven Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
of one of my bank clients who died along with his entire family on 31
July in a plane crash. You can confirm the genuinely of the deceased
death by clicking on this Web site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Hence, I am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be
shared between us in the ratio of 50/50 . If you agree to my business
proposal. Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as
soon as i receive your return

mail.

Have a great day.

Best Regards,

Sir, Johnson Robert Campbell

Send your Reply to my email : johnsoncampbell1950@gmail.com

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