419 scam: "Customs Department"<mr.brownwilliamsoffice101@gmail.com> YOUR FEEDBACK ASAP

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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)
- "my direct telephone number" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
- "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.
- mr.brownwilliamsoffice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Customs Department" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.brownwilliams101@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 11:20:17 +0100
Subject: YOUR FEEDBACK ASAP

To Concerned Consignment owner

We do hope this information gets to you personally and in high spirits.
I am Mr.Brown Williams, working presently as the
Assistant Director of Diplomatic Asset inspection at the Inspection
Unit of the U.S customs department,Los Angeles International Airport
(LAX) USA. During our recent package routine check at the
Airport Storage Vault,An abandoned diplomatic asset shipment was left by a diplomat from London who was supposed to deliver these package to you but failed to provide
necessary clearances needed by the US Customs and Federal Reserve and when scanned recently, it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in one Electronically coded Metal Trunk Box weighing approximately 25kg.

The consignment was abandoned because the Contents of the consignment was
not properly declared by the Diplomat as "MONEY" rather it was
declared as FAMILY TREASURE ASSET Clasified documeents to avoid diversion
by the Shipping Agent AND POSSIBLY SEIZURE by the U.S Federal Reserve
department and particularlly the inability of the diplomat to offset the United States Non
Inspection security Charges.

Personally as the director of inspection I assumed the electronically Metal
coded box will contain about USD12.5million and the consignment is
still left at our Security Storage Vault here at the Los Angeles Int'l
Airport till date which was delivered through a
registered shipping Diplomatic Company Courier Dispatch Service.
Approximately, the details of the consignment includes your name, your
email address and the official document from the shipping Company and
are all tagged on the Metal Trunk box.

However,for proper verification for immediate arrangement for instant
movement and safe delivery of this consignment to you, I therefore personally
advice that you provide urgently your current Phone Number and Full name and Address,to
enable us put in place arrangement to deliver to you safely by our assigned official

Please note that this consignment is supposed to have been returned to
the United States Treasury Department as unclaimed asset due to the delays in
concluding the clearance processes before end of year 2013. For the safety of your asset, I will not be able to receive your details on my official email account. I will advise you
send the required details to my "SECURED" email address which is
(mr.brownwilliamsoffice@gmail.com) for quick processing and response. Once I
confirm your full details,I can get everything concluded within 3-4
working days upon your readiness and full cooperation for the delivery.

Lastly, be informed that the reason I have taken it upon myself to
contact you personally about this abandoned shipment is because since
the consignment has not yet been returned to the United states
Treasury Department after being abandoned by the shipper/Delivery
officer after it was discovered of his many attempts to suddenly change
the movement of the Consignment to Mexico, I will deploy the services of our approved private Licensed Hired Delivery officer to provide the security it needs to you.Or I can bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble.

Below is my direct telephone number and e-mail as I wait to hear from you now.

Mr. Brown Williams
Assistance Inspection Director
Los Angeles, CA90045, United States (LAX)
Direct Tel:(940) 603 0859
mr.brownwilliamsoffice@gmail.com

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