419 scam: "Edward Rayburn"<infor@muse.ocn.ne.jp> Please read carefully and get back to me.

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
- "trunk box" (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)
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.
- edwardrayburn1960@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Edward Rayburn" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <edwardrayburn1960@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 23:04:10 +0500
Subject: Please read carefully and get back to me.

Hello,

I'm Sgt. Edward Rayburn, a Us soldier currently deployed in Afghanistan

In April 2003,I was then the second in command and a member of the US 3rd Infantry Division,between 23 and 26 April 2003 in an area of Baghdad secured by members of the US 3rd Infantry Division, We found $100m and 90m euros in 31 containers, a week before that we had found more than $650m in the same area of Baghdad.The money had been hidden behind the false wall of a house searched by us. It is obvious the stash could have been left by fleeing regime leaders.

After five of us being US soldiers who were involved in this decided to keep some of this fund, at least to boost our morale, which it did and we declared only some portion of this fund

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ middle_east/2988455.stm

With the help of a Red Cross Official, I was able to move mine share of the money about $6.4 million USD to a secured location in Asia, although I never told the red cross Official the true content of the box as i had it secured in a coded metal trunk box to avoid detection and i declared it as containing personal effects.

Now the duration of the deposit has elapsed and the deposit/delivery company is demanding that i send them an address to send the box to, as you know I'm here on a peace keeping mission and cannot do much, as such i have decided that the box be delivered to your address, i have sent the company an email regarding this and they have accepted to proceed to have this box delivered to who ever i will present to them as the receiver of the consignment box.

I will send you the contact of the deposit/delivery company so that you can write them and find out what it needed to be done to deliver the box to your home address, as they have informed that they will need an address and the cost of delivery to deliver the box to any address, I will send you a picture of how the money was packaged before delivery.

I want you to know that i decided to entrust this funds in your care because i have no option than to trust you and i hope that you will not let me down or jeopardize my efforts so far in securing the money

All i need is your full name and address, telephone and email address so that i can forward to the delivery company asap, i will also tell them to send you the information on how you can send the cost of the delivering to them so that they can commence delivery as they have assured me that they will have it delivered to your house address in 5-7 days.
edwardrayburn1960@gmail.com

Thanks,
Edward Rayburn
edwardrayburn1960@gmail.com

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