419 scam: "John Rowe"<garry_hard@yahoo.com> PARTNERSHIP NEEDED

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge sum of money" (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)
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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 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.
- johnrowe00@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "John Rowe" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnrowe00@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:48:38 +0100
Subject: PARTNERSHIP NEEDED

Good day,

I am Mr.John Rowe, the accounting officer-in-charge of the 02 tele-communication company here in the United Kingdom. I am contacting you on a business transaction that requires confidentiality, trust and transparency, where both of us have a lot to benefit. During my investigation and auditing in the accounts section, my department came across a huge sum of money that was deposited with a security firm by the past MD who is now late.

I discused with one of my staff that instead of turning back funds to the government/state that we can profit from these with your co-peration as all the neccssary documentation will be taken care of, such as the legal papers that proofs you as the rigthful owner of the said funds.

The said amount is Twenty Six Million United States Dollars (US$26,000,000.00) as it might interest you to know, you will be offered 30% of the total money.
If you are interested, get back to me immediately for more details at my private email address johnrowe00@gmail.com for more details.

Yours faithfully,
John Rowe.
johnrowe00@gmail.com

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