419 scam: "Jamil Yasser" <capt.jamilyaser@gmail.com> ATTENTION: TREAT AS URGENT MAIL

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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)
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "reward you with 30%" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Jamil Yasser" <capt.jamilyaser@gmail.com>
Reply-To: capt.jamilyasser@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 11:42:40 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION: TREAT AS URGENT MAIL

Dear friend

I am Capt: Jamil Yasser, 38 years old man,from Yemen nationality. I know this mail may come to you as surprised because we hardly known each other before, but i must say that Introduction matters a lot in any friendship starting.

I work as Yemen Military, the reason why i contact you here is to dedicate a business proposer to you, and it's all about to help me secured my money. Few days ago my group team discovered big amount of money after the blast to pull down the shop housing here in Yemen. The money was divided and my own share was value sum $12.6 Million US-Dollars.

Now i want to quickly send this money to you out from yemen to a place it can be secure for now.
I have made up my mind to reward you with 30% of this total money just for your kind support to help and secure it. After my service and surviving here then i will travel to your country to get my 70% as i want to use my own part of this money to establish feature investment.

I would like to explain more about the origin of this money, known that it's not a stolen money.The above mentioned amount was my own share from the total amount involved. It's genuine cash money, but the process to move such a big amount of money out from Yemen may go through diplomatic service. Meanwhile i have discuss a friend who work with UN to help me and move this out, he promise to help me as i only told him the consignment contains my invaluable items inside.

To proceed kindly follow by the instructions gave by the delivering service bellow.

Send me copy of your International Passport data or drivers license:_____
-------Your receivers address must be complete:_______________________
-------Your House phone number & Mobile number:_____________________
-------Your Occupation:____________________________________________

Feel free to work with me and i will promise that you will enjoy the rest of your life with happiness. Ignore this mail without any respond if you are not interested.

Thanks you in advance!! as i am waiting to get a reply from you soon to enable us start the process.

Capt: Jamil Yasser.

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