419 scam: "Patterson Jessica William"<wa_masav@yahoo.com.ph> YOUR IMMEDIATE REPLY NEEDED URGENTLY

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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.
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.
- woujo11@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Patterson Jessica William" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <buchu5@rocketmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:46:58 +0800
Subject: YOUR IMMEDIATE REPLY NEEDED URGENTLY

Hi, My Friend

I am Patterson Jessica William, an officer of the U.S Army. I am writing you this email from Kabul, Afghanistan as the last batch of our officer (female) that left Iraq. I have some money I will need you to help me receive. I am in possession of documents worth $10.7M. I was among US soldiers that found some stash of money around the hood of the Iraqi dead dictator when we were first deployed in Iraq.
Although our officers returned money to the US army which was subsequently returned to the Iraqi treasury; but we weren't stupid to give in all the money. Though I am scary telling you about this on email. But the one question is, Can you be trusted?

For clarity of what Im talking about, check this news link below;

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

So I need someone that is not related to me, to help me pull this cash out, everything is ready, I just need someone I can trust because we have lost a money last year to someone that said he will help us last time and I won't like to make the same mistake.

If you can handle this deal let me know immediately, you will receive 20% of the money and you don't have to pay me any money, all you need to do is to find a safe account where you can keep the money till I finish my duty here. . Get back to me immediately with this email Id woujo11@rocketmail.com

Respectfully,
Patterson J. William

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