419 scam: "Gen. Lloyd Austin"<gen.lloydaustin136@usarmy.com> IS VERY IMPORTANT YOU GET BACK TO ME PLS......

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "diplomatic delivery"
- "diplomatic immunity"
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
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.
- gen.lloydaustin002@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Gen. Lloyd Austin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <loydaustin001@e1.ru>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2015 07:44:41 -0700
Subject: IS VERY IMPORTANT YOU GET BACK TO ME PLS......

Dear Friend

How are you today? i hope all is well with you, i have an important thing to discuss with you. My Name is Gen. Lloyd Austin from United States of America but i am presently here in Iraq for peace keeping mission. I have an important business proposal which i want to discuss with you if i can trust you.

I have Ten Millionusd i got from war here in Iraq my boys recovered this money from Rebels a group of Terrorists here in Iraq who stole the money from one of the biggest bank here in Iraq which they want to use to purchase weapons to attack us. After my boys recovered this money from the Rebels and we shared the money among us and my share was Ten Million USD Cash which i have been able to move to Thailand through United Nations Diplomatic Delivery to Thailand to my first partner that wanted to receive the money for me and secure it for us to share and i will use my share to buy houses in Thailand but when the boxes of money arrive Thailand Airport he changed and acted greedy and changed from the initial percentage agreement we had we had then i decided not to deal with him again and i decided to look for another partner that can handle this transaction.

I want you to be my new partner so that you can go to Thailand to meet with the delivery man then you and him will go to the airport to clear the boxes then he will help you to move the boxes from Thailand to your country under United Nations Diplomatic Immunity so that no one will check the boxes in any airport.

Please do not let the delivery man to know that the boxes contain money because it only you and me and my first partner that knows that the boxes contain money because it was registered as family valuable items. Please let me know if you can handle this let me give you more details about this transaction. I will give you 30% of the total money which is 3 million USD after the transaction.

Thank you waiting to hear from you.Please keep this transaction secret for security reasons.

Feel free to write me private email address: gen.lloydaustin002@gmail.com

Thanks

Gen. Lloyd Austin

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