419 scam: "Lt. Gen. David M Rodriguez"<Davidp@army.com> URGENT REPLY

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Lt. Gen. David M Rodriguez" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidmrodriguez47@te96.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:23:47 -0500
Subject: URGENT REPLY

Dear friend,

Pardon my manner of approach, but I am short of options. I found something in Afghanistan which i cannot handle personally because of my Military assignment. I am Lt. Gen. David M Rodriguez, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command (IJC) to Afghanistan. Feel free to conduct a search about me on the internet.

On August 2009, at about 11:00hrs, amidst my operational supervision on evaluation of the level of destruction for purpose of reconstruction in Afghanistan with the value, I discovered an unusual bulge in a cellar which i presumed to be a storage room only to discover some metal boxes (5 in number) piled on top each other. As we forced the boxes open, we found it money inside each box.I want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of $10.2 million which I got from one of our raiding here in Afghanistan ,I cannot move these funds to the United States for security reasons so I need someone I could trust. If you accept, I will transfer the box (funds) where you will be the beneficiary because I am a uniformed person and I cannot be parading such an amount, so I need to present someone as the beneficiary.If you are interested please send me your personal mobile number so I can call you for further inquiries & details when I am out of our military network, if no respon!
se after 3days I will then search

I wait for your contact details so we can go on. In less than 5 days the money should have been noted on your custody and I will come later for my own money. I will give you 20% of the funds and 80% is for me, I hope I am being fair on this deal. I need you to signify your interest by replying to this email. Most importantly, I will need you to promise to keep whatever you learn from me between us even if you decide not to go along with me. I will make more details available to you on receipt of a positive response from you.

Regards,

Lt. Gen. David M Rodriguez

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