419 scam: "Sgt. Lucas Gary." <website.luc.g.9876@att.net> Urgent Responds.

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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 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)
- "sgt.lucas@live.com" (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: "Sgt. Lucas Gary." <website.luc.g.9876@att.net>
Reply-To: sgt.lucas@live.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 12:13:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent Responds.

Good day,

My name is Sgt. Lucas Gary. An American soldier, I am serving in

the military of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq, as you know we are being

attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs. While we are in war with the insurgencies and the Saddam's Army, prior to the time of the fall of his regime we where deplored to his palace for military random, where we discovered Cash worth US$10 Million dollars, mostly in 100 dollar bills, we managed to move the funds belonging to Saddam Husseinâ€™s family in 2003. this money has been kept somewhere outside Baghdad for sometime but with the proposed troop reduction by president Obama, we are afraid that the money will be discovered, hence forth we want to move this money to you for safe keeping pending the completion of our assignment here. You can go to this web link to read

more about the events that took place then via this Link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

we are ready to compensate you with good percentage of the funds, No strings attached, just for you to help us move it out of Iraq. Iraq is a war zone,so we plan on using diplomatic means in shipping the money out, as military cargo using diplomatic means. If you are interested in my proposal I will send you the full details, my job is to find a good partner that we can trust and who is capable of handling this deal perfectly.10% from the capital amount will be use for any outstanding expense that will occur in your country, kindly reply me back at the receipt of my mail to my personal e-mail @ (sgt.lucas@live.com) signifying your interest including your personal telephone number for quick communication and also your home address, This is risk free.

With regards

from

Sgt. Lucas Gary.

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