New "419" tactic - playing on religious/military sympathy

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Disgusting.

I'd love to "reverse scam" these guys but I'm too busy these days. If anyone wants to take a shot and have some fun, be my guest...

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copy/paste of e-mail
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GOOD DAY. GREETING IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. I AM
MR.ALBERT J FRACAS, A WIDOW TO LATE JOAN FRACAS.I AM 47 YEARS OLD,I AM
A NEW CHRISTAIN CONVERT, SUFFERING FROM LONG TIME CANCER OF THE BRAIN,
FROM ALL INDICATION MY CONDITIONS IS REALLY DETERIORATING AND IT IS
QUITE OBVIOUS THAT I WON'T LIVE FOR LONG, ACCORDING TO MY DOCTORS,
THIS IS BECAUSE THE CANCER STAGE HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY BAD STAGE. MY
LATE WIFE WAS KILLED DURING THE U.S. RAID AGAINST TERRORISM IN
AFGHANISTAN, AND DURING HE PERIOD OF OUR MARRIAGE WE COULD'NT PRODUCE
ANY CHILD. NOW I DECIDED TO DEVIDE THE PART OF THIS WEALTH, TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH IN AMERICA ASIA, AND EUROPE. I AM WILLING TO
DONATE THE SUM OF $6,000.000.00 U.S DOLLARS, TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED.
PLEASE I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT THIS FUND IS LYING IN A BANK IN
SOUTH AFRICA. I HONESTLY PRAY THAT THIS MONEY, WHEN TRANSFERRED WILL BE
USED FOR THE SAID PURPOSE, BECAUSE I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT WEALTH
ACQUISITION WITHOUT CHRIST IS VANITY. MAY THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS
THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF GOD BE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, I AWAIT
YOUR URGENT RESPONSE ON MY EMAIL mralbertfracas2008@gmail.com

[Aurel]

Disturbing on a spiritual level and many other levels. I wonder what this kind of stuff does to ones karma...

[NICKG]

yea..and they have REALLY ramped it up lately..i am getting 5-20 emails a day

[Oracle]

I got the US military version:

Hello Friend,
I want to inform you that I will buy your car but I have a business proposal for you. I am a captain with the United Nations troop in Afghanistan, on war against terrorism. Based on the United States legislative and executive decision for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan come this year, I have been deployed to come and work in your country's military base soonest.

Our mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted states, mostly the United States and the European Union on the war against terrorism. I will need a car for myself and that is why I contacted you.

On the other hand I want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of 6.2 million USD Which I got from crude oil deal.

I deposited this money with a Red Cross agent informing him that we are making contact for the real owner of the money. It is under my power to approve whoever comes forth for this money.

I wish to use this money for charity purposes in Turkey, where we have about 3 million Afghanistan refugees and Sudan where we have currently the highest numbers of refugees displaced as a result of war. You need to visit such places.

I want to invest the money on stock fish from Norway to this refugees because base on my experience on battle ground in this places, they lack a lot of fish and meat to add to their meager and unpalatable meals which they get in little quantity just to keep them living until God knows when the problem ends.

Instead of allowing these terrorists to get the money and spend it on purchasing arms from Russia, it is better channeled to saving the world.
I cannot move this money to the United States because I will be in Europe for about 3years, so I need someone I could trust. If you accept, I will transfer the money to Europe where you will be the beneficiary because I am a uniformed person and I cannot be parading such an amount so I need to present someone as the beneficiary.

I am an American and an intelligence officer for that so I have a 100% authentic means of transferring the money through diplomatic courier service. I just need your acceptance and all is done.

Please if you are interested in this transaction I will give to you the complete details you need for us to carry out this transaction successfully. I decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary and that is why I went to a secured car site where I can be sure that the person is real. I believe I can trust you. Where we are now we can only communicate through our military communication facilities which are secured so nobody can monitor our emails, then I can explain in details to you. I will only reach you through email, because our calls might be monitored, I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with.

If you are interested please send me your personal mobile number so I can call you for further inquiries when I am out of our military network. I am writing from a fresh email account so if you are not interested do not reply to this email and please delete this message, if no response after 3days I will then search for someone else. I am doing this on trust, you should understand and you should know that as a trained military expert I will always play safe in case you are the bad type, but I pray you are not. 6.2 million USD is a lot of money which is the dream of anyone.

I wait for your contact details so we can go on. In less than 5days the money should have been noted on your account and I will come over for my money. I will give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me. I hope I am being fair on this deal.

Regards,
Capt. Jim Manchester.
jimmanchester80@yahoo.com
jimmanchester80@hotmail.com

[spence.smith]

some of the tactics used by a baiter are similar to those used by scammers and therefore legally questionable (such as providing false information and IDs), sites like 419 Eater constantly remind visitors that scammers are criminals, and to "bait safe".
The personal information of a bait character, such as the name, address and bank account info, is totally fictional or fictionalized. Web-based e-mail services and proxy servers hide the sender's actual IP address, since the mail is sent from the website, and such accounts are set up with the bait character's fake information. Phone calls are usually handled using operator-assisted relay services for the deaf, web-based answering services that send faxes and voice mail messages to an e-mail address, and VoIP-based "telephony" services. Images, such as pictures of the baiter's character or scans of IDs or documents, are "PhotoShopped" and/or otherwise obfuscated to ensure that innocent third parties are not affected by use of their picture and that the scammer cannot use them. It is also a valuable time-wasting tactic to provide the scammer with an "image" that is unviewable.