419 scam: SGT CARSON <mesaih0@aol.jp> CONTACT ME URGENT,

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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 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.
- n.ali758@laposte.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SGT CARSON <mesaih0@aol.jp>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:23:30 -0500
Subject: CONTACT ME URGENT,

CONTACT ME URGENT,

My name is Sgt. G. Carson US ARMY serving the World and my country in the most honorable way I
know I can, i'm in AFGHANISTAN right now, in a nutshell, I am an American soldier serving in the Military with the Army 3rd infantry division. With a very desperate need for an assistance,I found your contact particulars during my email search and picked up courage to contact you for your assistance.
Some money in various currencies were discovered in a room at a farm house near one of the former Ivory Coast President Mr.Laurent Gbagbo. house in Ivory Coast / Cote d'Ivoire during a rescue operation in 2010 to 2011,
I happened to be one of the soldiers that led that operation that day,

Now i found a very reliable way of sending a trunk metallic box containing the amount of United States
Dollars worth Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars(US$ 15.5 Million)

If this okay with you please get back to me with the following so that
i can get you the blobal security contact.

in Ivory Coast borders between Burkina Faso is very close so i decide
to keep the box with the Global Security Company in Burkina Faso. but i'm writing you from AFGHANISTAN. kindly copy this very email and contact me with this my private email this (n.ali758@laposte.net) here is my direct
email (n.ali758@laposte.net) this email alone (n.ali758@laposte.net)
1. Your full name
2. Contact address
4. Occupation.
5. Your Country
Waiting to hear from you.
Yours in Service.
Sgt. G. Carson
US ARMY
http://www.army.mil/

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