419 scam: capt.Randy Wilson <captainrandy.wilson@hotmail.com> Urgent Investment Inquiry (TOP SECRET)!!!!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i want to solicit your attention" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- captainrandy.wilson@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: capt.Randy Wilson <captainrandy.wilson@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: capt.randywilson@live.com
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 00:13:56 +0400 (MSK)
Subject: Urgent Investment Inquiry (TOP SECRET)!!!!

>From Capt. Randy Wilson (NATO) Training Mission-Afghanistan. Urgent Investment Inquiry (TOP SECRET)!!!! Dear Mr. Sir, I am sorry to encroach into your privacy in this manner, I found you listed in the Trade Canter Chambers of Commerce directory here in Iraq, I find it pleasurable to offer you my partnership in business. I only pray at this time that your address is still valid. I want to solicit your attention to receive money on my behalf. I am Capt. Randy Wilson ,an officer in the US Army and also a West Point Graduate presently serving in the Military with the 82 nd Air Borne Division Peace keeping force in Baghdad, Iraq. I will need a Property to set up a Real Estate company and other business that is why I contacted you. I was made to understand that your country is extremely superior in Industrial and Real Estate development, and is also among the fastest Asia developing country. I need a project manager who will be able to assist me to establish a very lucrative business on real estate Company in your country. Due to the nature of my work, I cannot travel with respect to this project for now; hence this is the reason why I have contacted you to seek for your consent to assist me to run this project in your country, pending when I am through with my military assignment come 2014. The amount budgeted for the project is Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($7.5 Million US dollars only). These funds originated from the crude oil business I did with top Government Officers in Iraq before my exit to Afghanistan as my share on the deal. I cannot openly acclaim the ownership of these funds and invest it in a very lucrative business outside .The cash will be released to you on trust and after we have signed a binding memorandum. YOUR ROLE: all I need from you is to stand as my trustee/ beneficiary of the above mentioned sum and I will re-profile the funds with your data, which will enable transfer the sum to your account. On the other hand, I have successfully moved the funds out of the Iraq to Barclays Bank Plc India Branch through a financial firm and it’s legal. The funds are temporary kept in the ES-COO account of the bank. I will give you 25% of the total sum and 70% for my investment project while 5% is to cover any expenses on both sides.. I hope i have been fair to this deal. Get back to me if interested and capable to handle the project, I hope you can be trusted? Kindly view this news-link blog below for some info: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7444083.stm If you can be trusted, I will explain further when I get a response from you. Nevertheless, re-confirm the following to me as follows. (a) Your full Names (b) Your physical mailing address (c) Your direct telephone numbers (d) Your occupation. (e) Your full Address Please ensure to reply via my private e-mail address: captainrandy.wilson@hotmail.com Capt. Randy Wilson .

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