419 scam: "Madison Gerald Edgar"<md@triumphantfoodcourt.com> From manger of Triumphant Food Court

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "million us 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)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Madison Gerald Edgar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mdgedgar@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 20:12:06 +0200
Subject: From manger of Triumphant Food Court

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Madison Gerald Edgar, Iraqis based businessman, I confide on your profile that you will not let me down in anyway and decide to open up to you everything about my confidential business.

I am a manger of Triumphant Food Court, US. Camp Balad East, Balad Iraqi around the U.S. military base in Balad, (Balad Airbase) about 60 miles from north of Baghdad and based on my good cooperation with soldiers in the airbase, a huge amount of U.S. Dollars was recovered by my top military pals and they brought it to my office in facade of war relief article and after having good arrangement on how to move the fund to England, we shared it and my cut is $38Million US Dollars Only.

It was delivered to England by Red-Cross Aircraft under special arrangement and Mr. Julian Roberts was informed before hand which he used his powerful contacts and influence received the fund at port of entry and moves it straight to bank.

See website: http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1103032.html

If you are interested please reply immediately and I will gently detailed you on how we will move forward but if you are not interested do not reply and please delete this message and seal the matter.

I am very sorry for sending this surprise message without seeking for your permission, please as my sincere apology.

Yours Faithfully
Madison Gerald Edgar

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