419 scam: Nelson-R Frank <nelsonrfrank348@earthlink.net> My Dear Friend,

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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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Nelson-R Frank <nelsonrfrank348@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: Nelson-R Frank <nelson2023frank@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 11:56:07 +0000 (GMT+00:00)
Subject: My Dear Friend,

My Dear Friend,

I am Capt.Nelson, an officer in the US Army,but currently I'm in Syria for peace keeping mission,I want to share some highly personal and classified information with you now because I got your contact while searching for a reliable, honest and a trust worthy person to entrust this huge transfer project with because I want my secret to be protected and secured in you.When i was in Iraq, My Regiment ran into a hug amount of money in 31 containers, which hidden behind the false wall of Saddam Hussein...in the process of counting the money my troop took away some money from the total amount ..

All my colleague involves agreed to laid low about it but every thing is over now and every body has been making arrangement on how to move out his own share of the money out from here ..Although out of the total amount I got is only..($7.5million) Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars, as my own share..

If you accept to work with me, i will appreciate it so much. As soon as i receive your response, i will give you details on how we can achieve it successfully., I would want you to visit the BBC website stated below to enable you have an insight into the total issue..

( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm )
Please let this be a top secret between me and you only. Respectfully,
Capt.Nelson R Frank.

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