419 scam: "PHILLIP GREEN"<test@parmarinteriors.com> ***Spam*** Re.Good Morning.

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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:
- "storage fee" (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)
- "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)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "pgreenun@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "pgreenun@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +22967100546 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "PHILLIP GREEN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officefile20012001@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 16:55:30 +0800
Subject: ***Spam*** Re.Good Morning.

ATTENTION:

GOOD MORNING

Final Notice of Your Package In view of your inability to receive your package with registration #: CT8100AF from National UN E Lottery Award Cotonou Benin Republic,

originally scheduled to be delivered to you by an agency, city express delivery (c.e.d).

This package in a golden metal box valued ($8,316,000 USD) (Eight million three hundred and sixteen thousand dollars) mistakenly arrived at Dulles International

Airport terminal 5 via British airways flight no.BA297 from Cotonou Benin Republic, sometime ago. The package with registration no,#: CT8100AF has been cleared by the

USA customs and is 100% legitimate.

The agency, attached to the airport, city express delivery (c.e.d) who administered delivery of the package have just return the package to our Storage facility at the

Dulles Airport Washington DC, due to incomplete address.

Furthermore, I am writing to inform you that the consignment box storage is over due and the days of grace has elapsed and we shall begin to charge the daily storage

fee of $89 USD, only, and the fee will be
direct to united nation head office Cotonou Benin Republic. Please contact, Mr. Norman Collins, he will email you with the detail's for over due storage payment

information to enable you wire the money to United Nations head office Cotonou Benin Republic Extension 21 terminal 5, contact Email address :(

norman.collins@qip.ru ) Tel: +22967100546 or text to my direct number Tel: (202) 656-3184 for more detail's.

While I will advise your delivery information's below to my Email ( pgreenun@outlook.com ) so that i will commence process for further delivery of the

shipment to your location once storage charge is confirmed.

1. Your Full Name; .....
2. Your current address; ..........
3. Your phone number; ..............
4. Nearest airport to your location.........
5. Your passport id; ............

Note that this notice serves as our last recovery notice to you as our department will be compelled to shortlist your package as an unclaimed consignment, and maybe

forfeited. Note: Delivery of your package from the airport to your residential address is free.

Best regards,

Phillip Green
United Nations Cargo Unit Agency.
World Wild.
E-mail : pgreenun@outlook.com
Tel: (202) 656-3184

STORAGE OFFICER Terminal 5 Extension 11

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