419 scam: "John C Carey"<test@pro-cosmetica.ru> Your Prompt Reply Is Kindly Needed.

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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:
- "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)
- ",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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "John C Carey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnccarey183@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 15:01:08 -0500
Subject: Your Prompt Reply Is Kindly Needed.

Hello My Dear,
How are you doing over there today, I hope that everything is okay with you? I'm so sorry for bothering you with my problem but i thought i should let you know about this because i believe you will have to understand my siautation for serving the nation and protecting you. we were told on the presence of a sudden some Shia militant camp on the outskirts of town not too far from our camp here in Syria, resulting in a gun battle with them, two of six people were killed and three were seriously injured, the remaining militants fled. Unfortunately, I lost two people in my unit. In the process of interrogating the rebels were wounded, they claimed to be a rebel to Muqtada Al-Sadr and took us to a cave where we recovered 20 foot containers of ammunition and cash in United States Currency, We are ten remaining soldiers who made the attack, my own share of the money is $ 4,000,000 million dollars) here in Syria, we just send the money through the diplomat, why say this is because I
believe in you and you are a real

Yours Sincerely,
Ssgt John Carey

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