419 scam: Sgt Monica Brown <anongnat

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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.
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.
- smonicabrow@usa.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Sgt Monica Brown <anongnat_so@rmutto.ac.th>
Reply-To: <smonicabrow@usa.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 23:47:50 +0100
Subject: Re.

Hello Dear
Please never see this as a scam or as others are telling you. Am here for with faithfulness, and also if you will be as well to me. How are you, My name is Sgt Monica Brown from United State, i decided to contact you true your email address dear, and also really need your assistance.I am a soldier working as United Nations peace keeping troop in Afghanistan,on war against terrorism.

I have in my possession the sum of $3.5 million USD Which i made here in Afghanistan. Dear hope you really know the nature of my job? Now dear, last week we went for a patrol, and we discover some money from the Terrorism in Afghanistan. And we have noting to do then to share it among us, and now dear i have deposited my money with a Red Cross

agent.I want you to stand as my beneficiary and receive the fund for me and keep it safe so that as soon as i through, you will assist me to INVEST it in a good profitable venture,I WILL
give you 40% of the total money for the assistance after you mighty receive the money for me, Never see this as a joke or like a scam ok. please
reply me back to my email address (smonicabrow@usa.com) For more information.

Best Regards
Sgt Monica Brown.

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