419 scam: "Lt. John D. Bromfield"<ltjdbromfield@usmilitary.com> Greetings , I have a proposal for you !

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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.
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.
- jhnbromfield@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lt. John D. Bromfield" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jhnbromfield@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:25:03 +0800
Subject: Greetings , I have a proposal for you !

Hello,

I have a proposal for you, my name is Lieutenant John D. Bromfield, a US Army
serving in the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq. I want you to read this mail
carefully and understand it.

In 2003, I and my men found over $600 million in Saddam Hussein's hideout in
Baghdad, we sent some back to the Iraq government after counting it in a
classified location, but we also kept some behind for ourselves. Some of the
money we shared among ourselves worth over $200million, and I have kept mine for
a while here in a very secured place since then, just like many others, but now
our new president Obama is making plans on pulling us out of Iraq, right now we
have left the major cities of Iraq.

So I need someone that is not related to me, to help me pull this cash out,
everything is ready, I just need someone I can trust because we have lost a box
of gold to someone that said he will help us last time and I won't like to make
the same mistake, the total amount of money I am trying to move out is
$10million. You can view the link below to verify my statement.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

If you can handle this deal let me know immediately, you will receive 20% of the
money, all you need do is to find a safe place where you can keep the box till
we leave Iraq. Get back to me immediately.

Lieutenant John D. Bromfield
Private mail: jhnbromfield@aol.com

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