419 scam: "Mr.Shaw Woodman" <yjwqb599@yahoo.co.jp> Our Diplomat Has Arrived Your International Airport

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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:
- "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)
- "diplomatic agent" ("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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Shaw Woodman" <yjwqb599@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.Shaw Woodman" <diplomaticagent147@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 18:14:19 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Our Diplomat Has Arrived Your International Airport

Attn: Valuable Customer,

We wish to inform you that the Agent conveying the two Consignment Brief Case Boxes valued the sum of ($7.4M US) misplaced your mailing address on transmit and he is currently stranded at your international airport with your two Consignment Brief Case Boxes. We required you reconfirm the following information to him, so he can complete the delivery contain your consignment boxes.

Full Name:
Current Address:
Mobile No:
Age:
Marital Status:
Name of Your Nearest Airport:
A Copy of Your Passport/Drivers License,(If possible)

Contact Person: James Mike. Gibbs
CLICK ON YOUR REPLY TAB TO RESPOND DIRECTLY TO OUR SENIOR DIPLOMATIC AGENT EMAIL.

He is waiting to receive the required information from you today. INFO: The agent doesn't know that the content of the box is $7.4Million USD and on no circumstances should you let him know about what it contain, the two consignment Brief Case Boxes was moved from here as family treasures, so never allow him to open it, Please make sure you do not disclose body of this letter to him so that he won't be able to know what is in the two Brief Case Boxes.

NOTE: According to your partner who deposited this Two Consignment Brief Case Boxes in our Company DHL, told us that he had an uncompleted business with you THREE years ago regarding a Bank to Bank wire transfer proposal which you both never concluded. Now he wants to use this medium to inform you that the Bank to Bank wire transfer business has been concluded with another person who financed it to a logical conclusion. He thanks you for your great effort to the unfinished transfer of funds into your account due to one reason or the other best known to you.

But he wants to inform you that he has successfully transferred the funds out of the bank to his new partner's account in Qatar whom was capable of assisting him in the great venture. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trustworthiness you showed during the course of the transaction to him, he said to us that he wants to compensate you and show his gratitude to you with the sum of $7.4 MILLION USD and He deposited the Funds Consignment Brief Case Boxes with our Company DHL before he traveled to Qatar in Western Asia to set up a project. And please do make you forward the info required to him.

Yours sincerely
Mr.Shaw Woodman

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