419 scam: "Maj Eric Hall" <bhenicholls@optusnet.com.au> My name is Maj. Eric Hall, an American Army,<br> currently in Syria for peacekeepi

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Maj Eric Hall" <bhenicholls@optusnet.com.au>
Reply-To: eh671382@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2023 19:54:25 -0800
Subject: My name is Maj. Eric Hall, an American Army,
currently in Syria for peacekeeping duty. I wish to let you know about a
business of supplying Pharmaceutical active ingredients from India to an
American company,
I have done this business before with an India partner until last when I
lost him a some months ago.

There is an active raw ingredients oil, which I supplied to the American company from India partner. Right now I am in Syria for a peacekeeping mission, so I cannot execute the business by myself hence I'm seeking your partnership, the Director of the American company has asked me for the contact of the India dealer to enable them to contact him for the supply. Due to the urgency, they want to send their purchasing Manager to India so that he can get the product from the seller in India and make payment. After purchasing the product from the India Seller, the USA company purchasing Manager will courier the product back to America through their freight agent.

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