419 scam: "Roy Mccullum" <roymccullum846@yahoo.com> Await your kind response

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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: "Roy Mccullum" <roymccullum846@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: roylee.mccullum@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:33:57 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Await your kind response

Hello!!
I am Sgt.Roy Lee. From Michigan; I’m a Sgt in the US Army, a West Point
Graduate presently serving in the Military of the 1st Armored Division
Peace keeping force in Tripoli, Libya. I’m 44yrs single father with a
13yrs old daughter, and I’m contacting you on behalf of my colleague here
in Tripoli, we are honestly seeking for your hands in this partnership to
move this allocation valued at{$55 million USD} into your custody for
safekeeping. This money was secretly secured in the war zone, if you check
the news you will identify that this particular fund was not declared
among the monies we found at the war zone.

We are contacting you as an external body because of our status as
American soldiers on war duty. Our activities are highly limited based on
the U.S military code of conduct. If you are seriously interested in this
proposal, we have agreed to compensate you with 20% of the total of $55
million USD for your partnership while you keep the balance 80% for us
pending my arrival in your location any time this year as soon as I’m out
of duty post for leave Please signify your interest by replying this
message as soon as possible with your most confidential land phone/ mobile
phone/ fax numbers/ your full official names/ address/ city/ country, to
enable us send to you the basic conditions of this transaction in our next
communication.
Respectfully,
Capt. Roy Lee M
Us Army

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