419 scam: Bob washington <bobwa312@aol.co.us> URGENT ATTENTION

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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:
- "million us 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)
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Bob washington <bobwa312@aol.co.us>
Reply-To: bobwa322@aol.com
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:04:52 +0700
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION

Hello My Good Friend.

I am Sgt: Bob washington,3rd Marine Regiment with the United States And Britain Coalition Force in Afghanistan,on war against terrorism.Based on the United States legislative and executive decision for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan come this year,I have decided to quit the marine and relocate to your country.

I saw your email address on the internet and i was tourched to contact you that is why I contacted you.On the other hand I want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of $9.2million US Dollars.which was recovered from one of our raids on terrorists here in Afghanistan because they keep most of their money at home for evil activities which they normally get through illegal deals on crude oil.

Based on the suffering we undergo here some of us do meet such luck.It happened that I went for this raid with the men in my unit and i decided to take it as my share for my stress here in this evil land filled with suicide bombers.I deposited this money with a red cross agent informing him that we are making contact for the real owner of the money.It is under my power to approve whoever comes forth for this money.

I cannot move this money to the United states because I will be in europe for about 4years,so I need someone I could deal with.If you accept,I will transfer the money to you where you will be the beneficiary because I am a uniformed person and I cannot be parading such an amount so I need to present someone as the beneficiary.I am an American and an intelligence officer for that so I have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money through diplomatic courier service .I just need your acceptance and all is done.

Please if you are interested in this transaction I will give to you the complete details you need for us to carry out this transaction successfully.I decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary and that is why I went to internet to secure your email address where I can be sure that the person is real.

I believe I can trust you. where we are now we can only communicate through our military communication facilities which is secured so nobody can monitor our discussions,then I can explain in details to you.I will only reach you through emails,because our calls might be monitored,I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with.

Also I want you to know that I am revealing this deal to you with believe that you will never let me down in this business,you are the first and the only person that I am contacting for this deal,so please reply urgently so that I will inform you on the next step to take urgently.

If you are interested please reply me immediately so I can contact you for further inquiries.I am writing from a fresh email account so if you are not interested do not reply to this email and please delete this message,if no response after 3days i will then search for someone else.

I am doing this on trust,you should understand and you should know that as a trained military expert I will always play safe in case you are the bad type,but I pray you are not.$9.2million is a lot of money which is the dream of anyone.

I wait for your contact details so we can go on.In less than 7days the money should have been noted on your care and I will come over for my money.I will give to you 20% of the sum and 80% is for me.I hope am being fair on this deal.

Regards
Sgt:Bob washington

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