419 scam: "Jerry Buggman"<jb@info.com> HELLO

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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:
- "million us 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Jerry Buggman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jerrybuggman1880@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:34:20 -0400
Subject: HELLO

Greetings

How are you? Hope life is okay? And compliments of the month...i got your contacts online while searching for a reliable business partner, And discovered your contacts details, that is my reason for writing this mail to you, and between 2001-2002 Col Muammar Gaddafi the ex-Libyan dictator Deposited $75 Million US DOLLARS in two installments to the BANK.

And at present the intermediary between ex-Libyan Leader Col Muammar Gaddafi and the Bank is a woman who is presently in the USA after Operating a consulting firm in the sub-Sahara region for almost a decade but because of her affiliation with the ex-leader, and now she has contacted me to get a well trusted and a dependable person to contact the bank for the release of funds through wire transfer to, and 80% of funds involved, all that is needed is her to present a code to the bank and after verification and confirmation the bank will open up on arrangements….

I will be very happy if this funds can be transffered to you before the International bodies know about this FUND.

I will seek your outmost secret or confidential in this deals, so please try and get back to me Asap, so that we can proceed in moving this FUNDs for better Investments in your country.

Hope to hear from you early.

Best Regards

Jerry Buggman

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