419 scam: "From: Capt. Paul Morgan"<paulmorgan1943@sify.com> With trust

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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: "From: Capt. Paul Morgan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <morganpaul578@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:10:29 -0700
Subject: With trust

>From :Capt. Paul Morgan.
2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment Patrols.
Anbar province, Iraq.

Good day and compliments, I know this letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, I am Capt. Paul Morgan, serving in the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment which Patrols the Anbar province,Iraq.

I found your contact particulars in an address journal. I am desperately in need of assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you. I am presently in Iraq. I am seeking your assistance to evacuate the sum of $6,580,000 (Six Million Five Hundred And Eighty Thousand US Dollars) to the States or any safe country, as far as I can be assured that it will be safe in your care until I complete my service here.

You will find more about this fund on the link below: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

Contact me as soon as possible with your information below so that I can furnish you with more details.

YOUR FULL NAME.........
YOUR FULL ADDRESS....................
YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER.........
YOUR IDENTIFICATION..................................
YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN ..............
YOUR OCCUPATIONS ..............

Respectfully,

Capt. Paul Morgan.
2nd Battalion,
25th Marine Regiment Patrols
Anbar province, Iraq.

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