419 scam: Diplomat Agent <jeraldclinton@live.com> PLEASE TREAT THIS AS MATTER OF URGENCY.

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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:
- "western union" (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. )
- "mtcn" (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)
- "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)
- "trunk boxes" (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)
- "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22999499931 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Diplomat Agent <jeraldclinton@live.com>
Reply-To: dplomat-a@ws-loei.ac.th
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 22:04:50 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PLEASE TREAT THIS AS MATTER OF URGENCY.

Attn: Beneficiary,

My name is Mr. Felix don an
International Diplomat Agent, and I sign to deliver your consignment
box of $7.500,000,00 US Dollars cash payment from ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF
WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) and I sign to deliver your Metal Trunk
boxes to you.

I arrive John F. Kennedy International
Airport JFK New York this Afternoon,and will like to fly down direct to
your locations and deliver your consignment box

with the Reference CODE: FMP232BN, REG: 0229BJ and Batch Number 55674
to your home address today, Please make sure you wait for me at home
because my boss instructed me to make sure I deliver your box direct to
you.

The only problem delaying me here now is that New York customs service
here in New York International Airport, they request for customs permit
to prove that your consignment box is legal approve from Cotonou
International Airport, Benin Republic in Africa which is the origin
country of your consignment box.

I quickly contact Cotonou
International Airport, Benin Republic, for the document and I was told
that it will cost you $68, to obtain the document and Fax to me here in
New York.

So you have to quickly come down to
New York airport New York to settle this problem with the customs, so I
can deliver your box to you today Or you can go-ahead and send the $68,
to Cotonou International Airport, Benin Republic to enable them obtain
the document and forward it to us here in New York airport so that
customs here in airport will release your consignment to me.

Go and send the $68, through western
union money transfer agent to below information if you will not be able
to come over here in New York airport to settle with customs:

RECEIVER NAME:= = = =OBIELUO ANTONY

COUNTRY: = = = =BENIN REPUBLIC

CITY: = = = = = COTONOU

TEST QUESTION: = = = GREEN?

TEST ANSWER: = = = YELLOW

AMOUNT:= = = $68,

MTCN: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,

Please go and send the $68, through
western union money transfer agent to the above information to enable
them receive it on time today, so that they can help us obtain the
needed document there in Benin Republic International Airport and fax
it to us here. Immediately you send the $68, forward the MTCN: . . .
. . . . . . .

I need to deliver your consignment to
you today, and I don't want customs here to open the consignment box as
my boss instructed me due to the content of your consignment box.

Am waiting for you as soon as possible as soon you send the $68, to the above information. Please
try and reach me with my Call international roaming number
+229-994-999-31 as I can not afford to spend more time here due to
other delivery I have to take care of in New Zealand.

Sincerely,

Felix Don

International Diplomat Agent

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