419 scam: "Michael Preston Jr."<ajssc12@gmail.com> Contact delivery agent for your package Now

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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:
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "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.
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.
- washburnphilips@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Michael Preston Jr." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <washburnphilips@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:33:14 -0700
Subject: Contact delivery agent for your package Now

Beneficiary,

Your over due compensation fund which we agreed to deliver to you in fiscal cash payment, the fund is already sealed and package with a security proof box sum of $7.5 Million, is currently in Bradley International Airport,Connecticut, United State of America, by diplomatic agent, and he is waiting for you to forward your current information.

Quickly contact him with your full information, your full name:................, resident address:..............., mobile phone number:..........,occupation/profession, name of your nearest airport:.........., for him to locate your home with your package, and to avoid delivery to wrong person, Email: (washburnphilips@gmail.com) to enable him contact you with his current phone number:+1(4, forward it today for immediate delivering of your package.

Make sure you forward your full information to him and his name is Mr. Washburn Philip, E-mail: washburnphilips@gmail.com, today.

Congratulations!,

Kind regards,

Michael Preston Jr.

UN Foreign Payment Officer.

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