419 scam: "Gen Raymond A. Thomas."<mbarszap@hotmail.com> From Special Operations.

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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:
- "can i trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Gen Raymond A. Thomas." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <raythomas212@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:15:24 +0100
Subject: From Special Operations.

Attn: Sir

Please let me start by introducing my self. I am Gen Raymond A.Thomas, currently serves as the 11th Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command. Sometime last year, I and some other high ranking Officers made some deal on oil business over there in Iraq before my exit to Syria for an important official duties because of the present situation in Syria .

The deal worth $32 million united states dollars and after we have all shared the money I realize $7.5 million which is my personal share of the deal, due to my status as a US General, I can not be able to move this huge funds to my country to avoid further interrogation or face any kind of probation by my country government So I moved it by diplomatic means to a deposit company in Europe for safe keeping and I would like you to secure the funds on my behalf. can I trust you? Once you secure the funds you take 30% out of the funds and keep 70% for me. Your part of this deal is to find a safe place where the funds can be sent to after securing it from the deposit company.

If you are interested, reply and I will furnish you with more details.I urgently await for your response.

Best regards

Gen Raymond A. Thomas.

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