419 scam: "Jerry Harison"<harisonjerry@gmail.com> Response urgently 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:

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:
- ",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)
- "30% for you " (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)
- "jerry771@yahoo.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Jerry Harison" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jerry771@yahoo.cn>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:20:02 -0700
Subject: Response urgently needed

FROM: JERRY HARISON
NO: 12 MANDELA CLOSE.
SANDTON JOHANNESBURG.
SOUTH-AFRICA.
EMAIL: JERRY771@YAHOO.CN

I write to you irrespective of the fact that you don't know me. I got your contact from your country business directory and through a reliable source. First, I must introduce myself, My Name is JERRY HARISON, I am a staff of one of the leading banks in South Africa. I am writing asking for your indulgence in re-profiling funds, which we want to keep under your supervision. The Funds totaling ($100,000,000) I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this fund cannot be approved to a local Bank here, because the funds are in US Dollars. The owner of this account is a German property magnate Mr. Andreas Schranner and he died since 2000 in an air crash along with his wife & Daughter on 31/07/2000 in AF4590 with other passengers on board. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Please, I am proposing 30% for you for your assistance while my colleagues and I receive 60% and 10% earmarked for purposes of taxation in your country and mine. Please if you are interested kindly forward to me the following information’s stated below:

(1) Your direct telephone number
(2) Your direct fax number
(3) Your Full Names
(4) Your age
(5) Your Country of Origin
(6) Your Residential Address

And I will send you all the detailed information’s and documents that you will need to process an application for the claims of the funds.

Regards
Mr. Jerry Harison.

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