419 scam: "Lt. BJT"<airborneb2@rediffmail.com> Afghanistan Partnership Trustee

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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.
- airbornef16@rediffmail.com (Rediffmail, India; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Lt. BJT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <airbornef16@rediffmail.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:52:44 +0100
Subject: Afghanistan Partnership Trustee

Dear Sir,

I am lieutenant colonel B.J.T of the NATO Allied Command Operations, Kandahar Airbase Afghanistan.

Three months ago, Some Generals and I decided to sell out some of the used and outdated military radar and communication equipments to a third World African Countries that would otherwise have been thrown away. We realized the sum of 26M Euros.

Due to the military code of conduct for serving officers in the new command structure, we are not be able to receive this payment in our names. I hereby solicit your assistance as a trustee to receive the payment and save it for us till our disengagement date of 10/12/2011.

If you can help us, email me airbornef16@rediffmail.com and I will give you my full name and every other detail you need to know. If you cannot, disregard and delete this email.

Thanks

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