419 scam: Joseph Dunford FROM Gen Joseph Dunford

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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)
- "barrister" (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.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- douglassmithde78@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Joseph Dunford
Reply-To: <douglassmithde78@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 08:25:36 +0100
Subject: FROM Gen Joseph Dunford

Dear Friend,

My name is Gen Joseph Dunford,I have a serious challenge and it is tearing my world apart, sometimes in 2009 i was with Mr. President Barrack Obama when he visit to Africa specifically Ghana to fasten bilateral ties, while we were there i decided to invest my money in the gold rich market of Ghana, i made a lot of money from trading in gold but unfortunately Mr. President could not stay for the specified duration of period which we were supposed to stay owing to the fact that there was urgent state matters in the white house, due to this i did not have enough time to open a local bank account so i decided to lodge my money with the united nations security company, recently i got an email from the security company informing me that i have to come get my money as deposited in the safe deposit box, because they want to clear their Warehouse.

Right now i am on military assignment in Kabul- Afghanistan which you know, and cannot leave the military base, i have informed them about my been unable to come, and i was told that i could get a beneficiary to help me get my money,My daughter can not go for that because she is disable.

The total amount deposited is 10.5million dollar, please, since you are my good friend am using you as my beneficiary so please i want you to claim my funds for me, and keep them in your possession till i come. I will be most grateful if you help me get in contact with the security company informing them that you are my beneficiary.
please i don't want to lose my money, i want you to do all things possible to claim the money.

I will reward you greatly.Am trusting you on this.Here is the email to contact the United Nations barrister who is in charge douglassmithde78@gmail.com

Thank you.
Gen Joseph Dunford.

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