419 scam: "Frank Diallo."<frankdialo@mail.com> Greetings to you and every members of your family

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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:
- "demurrages " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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)
- "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)
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- frankdialo2020@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Frank Diallo." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frankdialo2020@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:12:57 +0100
Subject: Greetings to you and every members of your family

Hello,

Greetings to you and every members of your family,

I and my mother write to seek for your assistance with my family inheritance, we got your contact information when we where looking for a God-fearing, honest and trustworthy person who will help us receive our consignment boxes as our foreign partner.

First and foremost I want to introduce myself to you. My name is Frank Diallo and my mother is Rose Diallo, we are from Sierra-Leone, our consignment boxes contains 28 million United States dollars, the consignments are presently in the United States of America. The consignment got to the state through the help of a U.N diplomat, the fact is that the Diplomat is supposed to have delivered this consignment to my late foreign partner called Mr. Gerald Murphy in the USA .

The week the Diplomat is suppose to deliver the consignment boxes to one Mr. Gerald Murphy, he called Mr. Gerald Murphy to tell him the description to his house for the delivery, but Mr. Gerald Murphy's house help answered the call and told the Diplomat that Mr. Gerald Murphy hard a fatal car accident which lead to his death some few hours before he called.

Mr. Gerald has already paid the demurrages from the security company, and he paid for custom check report he also assisted us in getting the DRUG / ANTI TERRORIST CERTIFICATE, which is so expensive that he spent 47 thousand dollars to acquire it, but Unfortunately he died in a car accident, that was why the diplomat has to deposit the consignment box in the state and called us to inform us about what is happening.

Please, I and my mother seek for your help to get in contact with the Diplomat so that he can deliver the box to you and please do not mention the content of the box to the diplomat because he only knows that the box contain family valuables. I will explain better to you later.

Please, get back to me by email or my phone number frankdialo2020@gmail.com

I await your urgent response.

Thank you and God bless you

Frank Diallo.

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