419 scam: "US MILITARY"<anderclinton@aesdc.com> CAN I TRUST 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:

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.
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.
- andersondclinton@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "US MILITARY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <darrelanderson1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 05:03:41 -0800
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU?

Hi, My Friend

I am Anderson D. Clinton, an officer of the U.S Army. I am writing you this email from Kabul, Afghanistan as the last batch of our men just left Iraq. I have some items I will need to ship to you. I am in possession of two boxes that contain $10.7M bucks. This is not a joke because I know most people will think it is. I was among US soldiers that found some stash of money around the hood of the Iraqi dead dictator when we were first deployed in Iraq. Although our men returned money to the US army which was subsequently returned to the Iraqi treasury; but we weren't stupid to give in all the money. Though I am scary telling you about this on email. But the one question is, Can you be trusted?

For clarity of what Im talking about, check this news link below;

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

All I need you to do is to receive these boxes for me and keep it safe till am back to the US this February. You have nothing to be worried about as I have worked out every plan to safely get this done. I am offering you 30% of the total money for this assistance.

Consider this and get back to me ASAP on my private email address, indicating your interest. (andersondclinton@gmail.com)

Respectfully,

Anderson D. Clinton

US Army

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