419 scam: "Bryan Stow"<marco@malago.co.uk> U.S Service man

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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:
- "trunk box" (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.
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.
- lhansson2001@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Bryan Stow" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lhansson2001@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 20:19:36 -0700
Subject: U.S Service man

Greetings from Iraq,

I am Sgt. Stow, U.S marine serving in Iraq.I probably shouldn't bother you with this but I desperate to touch base with someone back home. Naturally, I should be contacting a family member or friend but I've got none. The only family I got is a sister who is terminally ill and can't really do much to get this going for me. As for friends, I only had a couple of them in the military. Unfortunately, what I have left of them are memories of them being fallen heroes of the war here. Life hasn't been much to live for with all of the experiences I have been through. No worries, I don't intend to bore you with all of my sad tales. Above all, I am proud and glad to have serve/defended our great country.

I got your information from an internet database while in search for someone I can partner with to do this. I am taking a chance to contact you even though you are a total stranger. I am a little unsure if I should go all out and reveal this discovery that has been concealed for a long while now. This is a life changing fortune. And I thought it was better to take a chance to seek help and get this done or have it forfeited completely. I presently have under custody and in my name a military trunk box of cash value of 20 Million USD. The cash were stashed from findings a long time ago in our missions here. You probably would find it hard to believe but it is the truth. There is a BBC news article on the funds when we discovered it a long time ago.

Please read via:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

I urgently need someone who can assist in having the funds shipped for safe keeping until I return. I am making an offer of 30% ( 6 Million USD) to you if you can get this done with me.

Please let me know your thoughts on this. I hope to provide more clarifications on this after a positive response from you.

Please email me via my secured/confidential email: lhansson2001@gmail.com

Regards,

Sgt. Bryan Stow

3rd Infantry Division
U.S.Marines

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