419 scam: "Frempong"<kumsonkingsston@gmail.com> Re: Your Abandoned Consignments Recovered

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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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Frempong" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesfrempong@cantv.net>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 15:01:49 -0700
Subject: Re: Your Abandoned Consignments Recovered

From: Mr. James Frempong
Director Inspection Unit
Kotoka International Airport,
Accra Ghana.
Regional Division Shipment

Attention:Your Notification on your Abandoned Trunk Boxes.
Dear Sir,

I am Mr. James Frempong, Head Officer-in-Charge, and Administrative Service Inspection Unit United Nations Inspection Agency in Kotoka International Airport, Accra Ghana.. During our investigation, we discovered an abandoned shipment of your consignment through a Diplomat from United Kingdom, which was transferred from your International Airport back to our facility, and when scanned this consignment it revealed an
undisclosed sum of money in Two Metal Trunk Boxes weighing approximately 50kg each.

The consignment was abandoned because the Content was not properly declared by the consignee as money rather it was declared as personal effect/classified document to either avoid diversion by the Shipping Agent or confiscation by the relevant authorities. The diplomat's inability to pay for Non Inspection fees among other things are the reason why the consignment is delayed and abandoned.

By my assessment, this boxes contains about $10.5M or more. They are still left in the airport storage facility till today. The Consignments like I said are two metal trunk boxes weighing about 100kg each (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm) effective capacity: 680 L) Approximately. The details of the consignment including your name and email on the official document from United Nations' office in London where the shipment was tagged as personal effects/classified document is still available with us. As it stands now, you have to reconfirm your full name, Phone Number, full address so I can cross-check and see if it corresponds with the one on the official documents. It is now left to you to decide if you still need the consignments or allow us repatriate it back to Africa (place of origin) as we were instructed.

As I did say again, the shipper abandoned these Boxes and ran away,most importantly because he gave a false declaration, he could not pay for the yellow tag and he could not secure a valid non inspection document(s) Non-Inspection Fee, etc. I am ready to assist you in any way I can for you to get back these packages provided you will also give me something out of it (financial gratification). You can either come in person, or you engage the services of a secure shipping/delivery Company/agent that will provide the necessary security that is required to deliver the package to your doorstep or the destination of your choice. I need the entire guarantee that I can get from you before I can get involved in this project.

Best Regards,
Mr. James Frempong.
Head Officer-in-Charge
Administrative Service Inspection Unit

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