419 scam: Palmer Brown <palmerbrown1@latinmail.com> Wichtige Mitteilung

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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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "palmer.brown@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Palmer Brown <palmerbrown1@latinmail.com>
Reply-To: <palmerbrown1@rediff.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 21:17:12 +0000
Subject: Wichtige Mitteilung

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Hello,

I am Captain Palmer Brown a commanding officer of the 3rd Battalion
army with the United States and Britain Coalition Force in Afghanistan.
Due the decision by our Government to withdraw our troops from
Afghanistan.

I am considering a possibility of doing business with you, which is
why I'm reaching out to you. On the other hand I want to inform you that
I have in my possession the sum of $7.2million (US Dollars) which I
recovered during one of our raids on terrorists here in Afghanistan. I
do not intend handing this money over to the Government, so I have been
able to move the money out of war zone with the help of Red Cross
organization to a security company somewhere safe and secured.

Please if you are interested in this transaction I will give to you
the complete details you need for us to carry out this transaction
successfully.I believe I can trust you. Where we are now we can only
communicate through our military communication facilities which are
secured so nobody can monitor our discussions, then I can explain in
details to you. I will only reach you through emails, because our calls
might be monitored, I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with.

Also I want you to know that am revealing this deal to you with the
belief that you will never let me down in this business, you are the
first and the only person that I am contacting for this deal, so please
reply urgently so that I will inform you on the next step to take.

If you are interested please reply me immediately so I can contact you
for further details. I am doing this with trust, and you should know
that as a trained military expert I will always play safe in case you
are the bad type, but I pray you are not, $7.2million is a lot of money,
i couldn't hesitate but reveal to you the details due to the limited
time frame.

I'm patiently waiting for your contact details so we would proceed as
soon as possible. In less than 7 days the money should be your care.
You will be rewarded with 30% of the total sum and 70% would be mine. I
hope I am being fair?

I wish you all the best of luck. waiting to hear from you urgently.
send all replies to palmer.brown@live.com

Thank You.
Captain Palmer Brown

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