419 scam: "Mr. Scott K. Falk" <eee.@minos.ocn.ne.jp> ATTACTION

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Scott K. Falk" <eee.@minos.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Tera Thomas <us.cbp.customs@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 13:10:49 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTACTION

us.cbp.customs@gmail.com> wrote:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Federal Government Office
2115 Hills Avenue Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30318, United States
Direct Telephone: +1(470)205-4040

Attention: Mrs. Tera Thomas

We write to inform you that your package with Transaction Reference
No: BJ4587ZRY, Package weight 180 lbs, Registration No:
QZR4545/BN-DIP/09, Security Code DPTU/40783TOF/084/, Registered as
Special diplomatic class delivery' SDCD.? Content: US$11,700,000.00 Million
(2016) Series Bearer Bonds Issued by BCEE, Released Code No:
0763, Beneficiary: Tera Thomas

Has been in our facility custody waiting for resolutions of the
clearance for further delivery it to your giving address by our
deliveryman. Therefore your officially invited here personally to
complete the personal clarification for the federal deed of surrenders
as the legal beneficiary of the fund, but if you can not leave your
job/business to come here in person as the law on the federal deed of
surrenders required, alternatively. you will send us by email scanned
attachment a copy of your identification like your driver's license or
your international passport with $250 for which you will send to our
cash office for the shipment expense, and for the Enforcement
authority with respect to transportation of currency, as we will use
our cash payment (boxed-money) method to deliver the monies to your
personal collection.

You will post the $250 through with this below information via Money Gram:

Receiver Name: MELVIN JOSEPH CHARRON.
Country: USA.
State: COLORADO
Amount: $250

Send us the copy of the transfer receipt slip for the record reasons, directed.

Therefore you must reconfirm your home address where the cash
boxed-money will be delivering to your personal collection and your
mobile telephone number so to reach you to direct the delivery-officer
on how to locate you at your home.

Yours Sincerely
Mr. Scott K. Falk
Chief Director (CBP)

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