419 scam: "Joan Edgar"<gregor@housegroup.cz> Your Urgent Help Needed 20

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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:
- "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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Joan Edgar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jimedgar016@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 11:27:33 -0400
Subject: Your Urgent Help Needed 20

FROM: JOAN EDGAR.
CampMXP-512 Third Infantry Division Unit (T.I.D.U),
Abul Uruj, Baghdad, Iraq.

Dear Sir,

This mail will definitely be coming to you as a surprise,but let me introduce myself to you. I am Joan Edgar, an American soldier, currently serving in the third infantry division Unit in Iraq.

I am currently on duty break outside my base. I and a colleague of mine, secretly moved some abandoned cash in a mansion belonging to the former president, Saddam Hussein and the total cash is US$5,200,000.00 (Five Million two hundred thousand Dollars). As I write this letter to you, this box containing this cash has been secretly moved out of Iraq to a security company. You do not have to be afraid of anything as no one else knows about this and everything is safe.

I would be pleased and grateful to you if you could assist us in receiving this box containing this cash for us Of course, we will give you 30% for your efforts. We have limited time now, kindly get back to me immediately. All I want from you is your honesty,trust and assurance that if the box gets to you, you can keep it in a safe place and help in investing the money until our arrival. Please get back to me as your response will determine our subsequent correspondence.

You can read more on this website for more information's and explanations http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm Please do not expose us even if you are not interested. Lets all Communication be by email or facebook because the us government monitor all telephone communication to Iraq for security reasons.

Thanks,

JOAN EDGAR

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