419 scam: "Sergeant Dana Hineline"<danahinelin3@gmail.com> Can I Trust You?

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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:
- ",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)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "can i trust you?" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Sergeant Dana Hineline" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <danaheniline@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 05:57:36 -0500
Subject: Can I Trust You?

Hello dear

Thanks i'm highly gratified waiting your response

My name is Sergeant Dana Hineline from United States of America. I specialize in distributing and warehousing military goods and equipment with ground supply support, the Joint Board's membership of the Senior enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (SEAC) and serves at the pleasure of the United States Secretary of Defense here at Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan Helmand province . Honestly, I urgently need your sincere and truthful assistance from your heart and I really wish to have you as my good friend to entrust some funds into your care if you can truly promise to sincerely co-operate well with me BUT CAN I TRUST YOU?

Therefore, I have 11,000,000 U.S Dollars (Eleven Million USD ) for investments that I successfully moved out from the second largest oil field in southern Iraq's Basra Province (Al Ba?rah) of the Country through Depository Storage Vault.

It is oil business which I did with some Iraqi citizens that worth lots of cash from Iraq Oil contract business as i was serving in Baghdad during the time of Iraqi war by helping some Iraqi Citizens to ship their oil vessels to their buyers in China and Singapore, this business contract lasted for months and I made my own share in the business and it is 100% legal which I occupied on it from Basra province of Iraq.

I moved the whole cash out of Iraq as a family treasure and I have already made arrangements to finally move it through assistance of storage company to send it to you directly BUT the most important thing is to ensure a transparent trustworthy of yourself to me without betray.

The most important ONE MORE thing is ''' Can I Trust You? Once the cash shall get to you while you take your 30% out and keep my own 70%. Your own part is to find a safe place where the funds can be sent for investments.

My own part is sending it to you and if you are sure without betray me, I will furnish you with more details. But the whole process is simple and we must keep a low profile at all times.

I am looking forward to your reply and co-operation, thanking you in advance as I anticipate your co-operation waiting for your urgent response

My Warm Regards,

Sergeant Dana Hineline

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