419 scam: "Capt. Wilson Leite" <kreidi@tjsc.jus.br> I Have an Urgent Business Proposal for You

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united state 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Capt. Wilson Leite" <kreidi@tjsc.jus.br>
Reply-To: "Capt. Wilson Leite" <captwilson.leite@qip.ru>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 08:50:02 -0200 (BRST)
Subject: I Have an Urgent Business Proposal for You

Dear Friend,

How are you today?I am sorry for contacting you unsolicited. I am captain (Wilson Leite) from the US Sailing Center of Martin County.I am here in Afghanistan on a peace keeping mission.My Sailing base here is awarding a humanitarian contract to supply military detective Cameras,which is very important to our security job over here.if you are interested in supplying them to us,with my position here, I will make sure the contract is awarded to you.Please,you must agree to give me 30% of your contract profit,as my benefit.

The agent who sells the Camera,is now in your country and this will make it very easy for us.if you declare your interest I will forward you the contract details and the contact of the person(NGO Representative) that sells the detectives camera,the price of the camera is $1,200 dollars each and you will supply to us at the rate of $2,500 dollars per one,your profit is $1,300 dollars per each camera and we need 2000, pieces of it,which is five million united state dollars($5,000,000) With my position here,the total amount for the contract will be given to you in full before you start the contract.You do not need to spend your money on it.if you are interested please get back to me so that i can furnish you with further information

Thanks,
Captain Wilson Leite.

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