419 scam: "Capt Jamal Miller"<captjamal1956capt@att.net> From Capt Jamal Miller Turkish American United States Air-force stay in

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Capt Jamal Miller" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <captjamalmiler@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:22:12 -0700
Subject: From Capt Jamal Miller Turkish American United States Air-force stay in

>From Jamal Miller

Texas City, TX 75462,

United States

Sir ,

Sir,I am Capt Jamal Miller Turkish American United States Air-force stay in

Libya for mission at the moment, I and other of my nine colleagues

moved out $34 million USA dollar from Libya here to Spain, Money we

recovered one of Libya Leader’s adviser.

Muammar al-Gaddafi trusted the money to his adviser for an arrangement

to import Military weapons from Russia, We need assistance to someone

who can be capable; we want to present you as the own of the money at

the Finance Insurance Company where the fund was deposited now by us.

Feel free to contact me back, let me give you the full details and how

you will present yourself at the Finance Insurance Company in Spain

for the claim.

Confirm your telephone and address in next email.

Capt Jamal Miller.

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