419 scam: "Sgt. William"<sgtwill2022brown@gmail.com> Investment from Poland

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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.
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.
- browns189@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sgt. William" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <browns189@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2022 23:00:20 -0000
Subject: Investment from Poland

My name is Sgt William from the 101st Airborne Division. I need your help in keeping & Investing the money that we moved
from Lautoka, Fiji safe to your country. We took it off of one of those Rich Russian Oligarchs private yacht that we seized. He had so much cash hidden on his yacht that we decided to move it all. It's not like they even miss it bloody Billionaires.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/05/fiji-seizes-superyacht-belonging-to-russian-oligarch-suleiman-kerimov.html

As you know I am not a businessman and need help in Investing this money, we have already given half of it to the Ukrainian Refugees fleeing the War. So, we want to invest the other half in a business idea & venture that you might have. This money is in cash and we want to move it to you as soon as possible.
So your share for helping me is 50% since you will be the one handling all the investments in your country, Will you help?

The whole process is simple and straight forward. I am still serving and I will be discharged soon, so we need to move as quickly as possible. I don't want to take any chances of losing the funds. That is why
we must act now.

We are sharing everything 50/50. This is a legitimate transaction. If you are interested, i will provide you
further details and instructions. Please keep this Private & confidential.
Can I trust you and will you help? Waiting for your urgent and positive response.
because it is very secure and personal i will disclose the total amount to you in my next mail.

Yours Faithfully,
Sgt. William Brown
Email: browns189@yahoo.com

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