419 scam: ''MR KEVIN'' Your Abandoned Package For Delivery

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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:
- "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)
- "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.
- kevinbryner458@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: ''MR KEVIN''
Reply-To: <kevinbryner458@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 15:46:19 +0000
Subject: Your Abandoned Package For Delivery

Harrisburg International Airport Pennsylvania
One Terminal Drive, Middletown,
PA 17057, Pennsylvania USA
INSPECTION UNIT
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Hello Good Friend
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Your Abandoned Package For Delivery
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I have very vital information to give to you, but first I must have
your trust before I review it to you because it may cause me my job,
so I need somebody that I can trust for me to be able to review the
secret to you.
I am Mr. Kevin .B. Roy, Chief Inspection Agent- United Nations
Inspection Unit at Harrisburg International Airport Pennsylvania,
working hand in hand with Department of Homeland Security and U.S
Customs and Border Protection. During our investigation, I discovered
an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat from Africa and when scanned it
revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a metal trunk box weighing
approximately 25kg each. The consignment was abandoned because the
Content was not properly declared by the consignee as money rather it
was declared as film materials to avoid diversion by the shipping
agent and also the Diplomat inability to pay for Non Inspection Fees.
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On my assumption, each of the boxes will contain about $7Million to
$8Million each and the consignment is still left in the storage house
till today, The consignment are two metal boxes with weight of about
25kg each (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm). Effective
capacity: 110 LBS.). Approximately, the details of the consignment
including your name and address, the official document from United
Nation office are tagged on the Metal Trunk boxes.
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Provide your name, phone number and full home address, to cross check
if it corresponds with the name and address on the consignment
including the name of nearest airport around your city and other
details. You can send the required details to me by email for onward
delivery. All communication must be held extremely confidential. I can
get everything concluded within 48hours upon your acceptance and
proceed to your address for delivery if you assure me of sharing the
content 30% for me / 70% with you on my arrival to your house.
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I want to transact this business with you and share the money, since
the shipper has abandoned it and disappeared because of the fear of
being arrested by the authorities. I will pay for the Non inspection
fee and arrange for the boxes to be moved out of this airport to your
address by myself. But I will share it 30%/70% with you. Make sure
Respond to me via my direct EMAIL: kevinbryner458@yahoo.com =

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Below is my direct telephone number. Call me as soon as you receive
this mail and send me all the requested information to my email and i
assure you that this is legal and 100% risk free.
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Mr. Kevin .B. Roy
+1-717-910-0187
INSPECTION UNIT

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