419 scam: Lt. Col. Justin Kraft <coljustinkraft@usa.com> VERY URGENT GET BACK TO ME

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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:
- "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)
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.
- coljustinkraft@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Lt. Col. Justin Kraft <coljustinkraft@usa.com>
Reply-To: coljustinkraft@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:01:19 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: VERY URGENT GET BACK TO ME

Dearest friend,

My name is Lt. Col. Justin Kraft ; I am an American soldier, serving in the military with the 3rd marine commando division in Afghanistan. With a very desperate need for assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you.I am seeking our kind assistance to move the sum of (US$15 million dollars) to you, as far as I can be assured that my money will be safe in your care until I complete my service here come next month, this is no stolen money, and there is no danger involved.

Source of money: Some money in various currencies was discovered in barrels at a farmhouse near Kabul during a rescue operation, and it was agreed by parties involved that this money be shared among us. This was quite an illegal thing to do, but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives in this hellhole, and I have been shot,wounded and survived two suicide bomb attacks by the special grace of God. This and other reasons has prompted me to reach out for help. The above figure I took as my share, and to conceal this kind of money became a problem for me, so with the help of a British contact working here and his office enjoy some immunity, I was able to get the package out to a safe location entirely out of trouble spot. He does not know the real contents of the package, and believes that it belongs to a British / American medical doctor who died in a raid here in Afghanistan, and before giving up, trusted me

to hand over the package to his family.

I want to promise you 40% of this money for the assistance you will give to me but one passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody. Should you have reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message as any leakage of this information will be too bad for us soldier’s here in Afghanistan. In less than 4 days the box should be in your possession and as I said earlier, I will give you 40% of the total amount and 60% for me. I hope I have been fair to this deal. Get back to me with your full information and I will proceed with the registration.

Your full name ..........................

Your full address .......................

Your direct phone number ................

Thank you in advance,

Lt. Col. Justin Kraft

Email:coljustinkraft@gmail.com

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