419 scam: "Charles Williams"<williamscharles636@yahoo.com> Good Day

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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:
- "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)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
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.
- williams_c44@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Charles Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <williams_c44@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:58:06 +0700
Subject: Good Day

Mr Charles Williams
INSPECTION UNIT
Harts-field-Jackson Atlanta International Airport .

Hello,

I am Mr Charles Williams Director Inspection Unit

United Nations Inspection Agent in Harts field

International Airport Atlanta Georgia . During our

investigation, I discovered An abandoned shipment

from a Diplomat from United Kingdom under i ship

forwarder was transferred from JF Kennedy Airport to

our facility here in Atlanta and when scanned it

revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a Metal Trunk

Box weighing approximately 110kg each. The

consignment was abandoned because the Content was

not properly declared by the consignee as money rather

it was declared as personal effect to avoid diversion by

the Shipping Agent also the Diplomat inability to pay

for Non Inspection Fees.

On my assumption, each of the boxes will contain more

that $3 to $4M each and the consignment is still left in

storage house till today through a registered shipping

Company, Courier Dispatch Service Limited a division

of Tran guard LTD. The Consignment they are two

metal box with weight of about 110kg each (Internal

dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm). Effective capacity:

680 L.)Approximately,

The details of the consignment including your name

the official document from United Nation office in

London are tagged on the Metal Trunk box.

Provide your Phone Number full address, name of

nearest Airport around and other details or disregard.

You can send the required details to me for onward

delivery.

All communication must be held extremely

confidential. I can get everything concluded within 3-6

hours upon your acceptance and proceed to your address

for delivery. But I must get assurance from you

concerning my 50% before I will proceed.

I want us to transact this business and share the money,

since the shippers have abandoned it and ran away. I

will pay for the Non inspection fee and arrange for the

boxes to be moved out of this Airport to your address,

once we are through I will deploy the services of a

secured shipping Company geared to provide the

security it needs to your doorstep. Or I can bring it by

myself to avoid any more trouble. But I will share it

50% to you and 50% to me. But you have to assure me of

my 50%. If you agreed with my condition,Below are my

private email address direct telephone numbers and i

wait to hear from you.(williams_c44@yahoo.com)

Mr Charles Williams
INSPECTION OFFICER
williams_c44@yahoo.com
404-4622859

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