419 scam: "Major Kelvin Moore"<majort.moore@usmarine.com> From Major. Kelvin Moore ( US MARINE)

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Major Kelvin Moore" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <delta.tango707@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 03:01:40 -0700
Subject: From Major. Kelvin Moore ( US MARINE)

Dear Friend, I am Major Kelvin Moore an American Soldier working in Syria . I as the team leader of my group, I was lucky to come across a BOX containing approximately US$20,000,000.00 which we recovered from ISIS. I need your cooperation to shift this to you immediately at no cost as I will ship it with military code. Kindly reply, if you are interested in the proposal so that we can discuss the sharing terms Pls make this discussion very private. I await your reply. Regards, Major Kelvin Moore.

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