419 scam: Capt. Timothy Peter <upscourier012011@skymail.mn> Re: We discovered ..............

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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. Timothy Peter <upscourier012011@skymail.mn>
Reply-To: ferguson111peter@skymail.mn
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 17:22:52 +0200 (EET)
Subject: Re: We discovered ..............

Good Day,

I’m apologetic to encroach into your privacy in this approach; I find it pleasurable to tender you my partnership in business.
I want to solicit your consideration to receive money on my behalf. I’m 26th MEU Capt. Timothy L. Patrick II MEF PAO, MCB Camp Lejeune, NC an Military officer, presently serving in 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) of the United States, currently in Libya.
We discover Muammar Gaddafi's secret treasure cache in Libya. Gaddafi's stronghold Zanaki Kamish, containing the equivalent of around one million euros in the local dinar currency and a bag full of euro bank notes and gold ingot. Check the news blog below for some facts.

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/83664/
http://news.oneindia.in/2011/11/12/soldier-unearths-gaddafis-mafia-wealth-in-libya.html

Our duty here in Libya is Protecting the innocent and conducting combined operations are what we are designed to do, our forces are doing both as part of the U.S commitment to protect Libyan citizens but when this fund was seen I have no reason to reject.

If you can be trusted i will give further details after i get a response from you.

Best Regards.
Capt. Timothy Patrick
United States Army
Africa Joint Task Force

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