419 scam: "Sgt. Carlos Jose"<sfc.jose.c@usa.com> Can I Entrust You With This?

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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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "utmost confidentiality" (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.
- carlos.jose@uymail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sgt. Carlos Jose" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <carlos.jose90324@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 17:05:15 -0600
Subject: Can I Entrust You With This?

Good day!

Please do not be embarrassed about my unsolicited e-mail to you. I got your email address online and I decided to contact you directly because this is very urgent and must be executed as soon as possible

I am Sgt Carlos Jose, A Us Army who was serving in the 3rd Infantry Division in Iraq. Now in the United States presently undergoing treatment at the military hospital I want you to read this mail carefully and understand it.

In 2003, my men and I found over $900 million in Saddam Hussein's hideout in Baghdad, we sent some back to the Iraqi government after counting it in a classified location, but we also kept some behind for ourselves. Some of the money we shared among ourselves worth over $200 million, I kept my own share for a while in a secured place.

I kept my own share since 2003 to make sure everything is calm before i can make use of my own share without any trace or having any problem spending the funds, now that all what happened in Iraq has become a forgotten history i want to make use of my own share of the funds in your country.

I need someone to help me receive it , since I have found a secured way of getting the package out of Iraq and deposited in a bank for safe keeping through the help of a Red Cross Society pilots that enjoyed some immunity with us while in Iraq .

I do not know for how long I will remain here in the hospital as I have been lucky to survive series of suicide attacks by Afghanistan Talibans during my deployment to Afghanistan, I know this was Pure Divine intervention from God .

I need someone I can trust, since I have already lost a box of gold to someone that said he would help me. I won't like to make the same mistake again. The total amount of money is $2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars ), I am ready to entrust this amount in your care till I complete my treatment here and since I will not be able to meet with you in your country, my share should be invested in wise projects such as real estate investments and other profitable investments in your country and the proceeds should be kept for my daughter.

View the below link to verify/confirm my statement:

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=691432n

If I can entrust you with this, let me know immediately, as you will receive 30% of the total money.

This should be treated with utmost confidentiality.

Contact me via Email: carlos.jose@uymail.com

Regards,
Sgt. Carlos Jose

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