419 scam: "Sgt.Brooks Fitte " <mr.kandiwapathomas@gmail.com> From : Sgt.brooks fitte---Funds Investment (IRAQ)

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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 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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "@diplomats.com" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
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.
- sgt.brooksfitte@diplomats.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sgt.Brooks Fitte " <mr.kandiwapathomas@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sgt.brooksfitte1@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:52:20 +0200
Subject: From : Sgt.brooks fitte---Funds Investment (IRAQ)

My name is Sgt.brooks fitte . I am an American Military contractor
presently on active service with Squadron battalion here in Iraq. I
served with the Third Infantry Division in Iraq since 2003, before
thousand of my lucky colleagues were pulled out in August 2012 ,
leaving my superior and myself among the unlucky ones drafted to
Afghanistan and later returned us back to Iraq based on the present
situations here with the recent ISIS Insurgents. During my call to
duty in Iraq, my superior by the names Tammy Gill and I moved US$25
million ( Twenty Five Million US dollars) being part of funds
recovered from late Saddam Hussein during a search in one of his
palaces in 2003. Through the assistance of a Senior Red Cross Delegate
to Iraq, this fund has been safely moved out of Iraq and currently
deposited in a secured financial institution .

Basically, since my superior and I are not among thousands of our
colleagues that were withdrawn in August, we cannot continue to keep
these funds in the financial institution for as long as we remain
here. Hence my superior officer has authorized me to look for a
reliable and trustworthy person who can help us to invest the funds
into a yielding lucrative business .

Once you retrieve the funds, we shall disburse it in three
proportions: you will have 30% and I will have 30%, while my superior
officer will have 35%. 5% will be set aside to offset all expenses
that may be incurred in the process of retrieving the funds.

For security reasons, this transaction must be kept very secret, and
should not be disclosed to anyone else. As long as you follow my
instructions, I can assure you that this transaction is 100% risk
free. Due to the call of my duty here and the secret nature of this
transaction.

If you find my proposal interesting, reply this mail on my private
e-mail : sgt.brooksfitte@diplomats.com so I could send you more
details of the completions.

Respectfully submitted.

Sgt.brooks fitte
Squadron Battalion,
US Army Base, Iraq

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