419 scam: "Garang John Garang" <garangj10@yahoo.com> URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states 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)
- "million 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)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "top secret" (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.
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.
- garangj@indiatimes.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Garang John Garang" <garangj10@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: "Garang John Garang" <garangj@indiatimes.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:29:08 +0100
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED!

Good Day,
ATTENTION TO THE OWNER OF THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
I am writing you to solicit your co-operation in a multi million dollars investment. My name
are Garang John Garang , the eldest son of Late Dr. John Garang ,I am presently seeking
political asylum here in Spain for fear of my live .My late father John Garang was the leader
of the Sudan People's Liberation Army that fought the Khartoum government of Sudan for 21
years until 09 July 2005 when he was made the first vice president of Sudan after the Kenyan
peace accord.
Three weeks after (30 July 2005) he was killed when he was returning from Uganda on the
Ugandan presidential helicopter who is an ally to the Sudanese president Oman el Bashir
during the civil war against the people of south Sudan. My late father was set up to
believe all is well, My mother received a top secret information to find a way to smuggle
me out of the country because the Khartoum Government is planning to kill me and my family.
Oil was discovered in southern Sudan in 1978, which erupted the civil war in 1983 Involving
the government forces and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement under the leadership
of my late father during the war, the oil wells were control by Sudanese People's Liberation
Army under the leadership of my late father.
I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance to secure my
father's fund deposited in Europe, my Late father's deposited Fifteen Million United States
Dollars cash ($15,000.000.00) now in the custody the vault house of a Private Finance firm
in Europe. Before my father's death, he told me about the deposit of the funds and he told
me in case he dies I should find a way to get the funds out and my suffering people of
Darfur and the Southern Sudanese should benefit from the funds and invest part of it into
a profitable investment that will benefit my family and yours. I have all the documents
concerning the deposit of this fund.
I am unable to stand on behalf of my late father because of my situation now as an asylum
seeker and my status here Spain as an asylum seeker do not permit me to make any move
towards the fund. For your time and assistance, I have decided that 20% of the total amount
will be for your effort and another 5 % to cover all the expenses that may occur during this
business transaction and the rest, we both have to put our heads together and invest it into a
profitable business.
Please do go through the website for more information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Garang
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4735725.stm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050801-7.html
http://www.sudan.net/news/press/postedr/108.shtml
If you can assist my family, then kindly contact me immediately on the email below.
(garangj@indiatimes.com)
Best regards
yours truly,
Email: garangj@indiatimes.com

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