419 scam: Donald Chadwick <domngh@karetd.ma.tn> Re: I need your Help!

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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)
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "i am using this medium to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: Donald Chadwick <domngh@karetd.ma.tn>
Reply-To: <donald.chadwick@op.pl>
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 05:13:43 -1000
Subject: Re: I need your Help!

Dear Friend,

Hope this mail meets you in good state of mind, after believing myself to give you a trust to hold for me; i will like you to let me know if you can carry out this business for benefit of you and me. i am believing that it is a bright chance for us to build a strong relationship/family together, if we can trust our self in this deal,so my dear read through and see the reason why i am on the dating site.I hope that you can help me out in this matter, anyway.

My name is Captain Donald a military officer of the USMC stationed in Camp Bamiam/Bamiyan Afghanistan. i was born on 24-09-1973, i join the military service after my study on the 20-1-1999. i am second child of my parent, i like to invest in Hotel and Tourism or real estate. so please my dear kindly read down and think if you can be able to carry out the assignment and reply me as soon as possible

I am using this medium to open communication with you regarding moving an amount of money that have been in my custody of the US/UN joint military command in Afghanistan which i am in charge of guiding for some years now.

I will not start by trying to deceive you about the source of this money. But I need you to be the receiver of $7.5 Million Dollars. Out of this amount of money,I am willing to offer you 20% of your share.

I am also looking at investing my share of the money in a good business venture especially in Oil and Gas, Hotel and Tourism or Real Estate which will also be my country home if things go on well with us . Some of our officers successfully had their share of the money delivered to them in many countries of their choice. i want to know if you can or if your willing to stand for me so that i can send this money in your name,because i am not going to do it my self because i am still in active service. so i need somebody to stand in for me. and also i can't do it with USA contact because i could get caught. so i choose you because i believe it will be very safe for me to entrust this fund to you after reading your profile page. please if you are willing and not afraid kindly send reply me .i know you must have come across many e-mails. i will be very happy if you can give this try. if you are willing to take a positive risk and let us work together as one. because i don't know why we meet at first place and i am positive to give you my trust and believe.

I will need your full details regarding this business offer

Full Name:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Photo Copy of your International passport or national id card. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Full Address. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Marital status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

With this i will forward you every information concerning this business and also it's believe that we working together in partnership and i will give you my full details/data.
Please It is important that you do not discuss this proposal with any body no matter how closed you are to the person because of my security reasons here in Afghanistan. i look forward to your positive response.

Regards,
Donald Chadwick

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