419 scam: "Colonel Harry Smith"<test1@li-yan.com.tw> [GSN Suspected Spam] From: Colonel Harry Smith

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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.
- harrysmith1557@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Colonel Harry Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <harrysmith1557@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 04:17:10 -0700
Subject: [GSN Suspected Spam] From: Colonel Harry Smith

From: Colonel Harry Smith

Greetings to you as i apologize if the content of this letter are contrary to your moral ethics but Please, treat with

absolute secrecy and personal.

My name is Colonel Harry Smith from Damascus, Syria. I read with interest through the chamber & commerce hence i contacted

you, I am 56 years old and a serving military soldier here in Damascus,Syria. In the course of one of our operations, i and

my late operational commander recovered the sum of USD$12.5 million suspected to belonging to Syria Shell Petroleum

Development (SSPD).

We arranged with our military contact and moved the funds outside Syria for investment on Ranch, livestock or Real Estate in

your country These funds are a vault of a Security finance company in Madrid Spain I need a trusted foreign partner with

broad investment knowledge to receive these funds and to help me invest them wisely I do not operate any foreign bank account

outside Syria hence i solicit your sincere assistance.

I will appreciate your idea and investment knowledge regarding this or any other profitable investment you may suggest.

On my next email, i will explain to you in full details about this investment proposal You may as well tell me little more

about yourself and investment experience Feel free to ask any question for more clarification Kindly respond through my

secure email address: harrysmith1557@hotmail.com

Regards,

Colonel Harry Smith

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