419 scam: "Richard Michael"<info@kazoku24.com> I need your reply fast

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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:
- "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)
- "million dollars" (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)
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.
- headofoperation2018@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Richard Michael" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <headofoperationccl@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:41:36 -0800
Subject: I need your reply fast

Attn:

I am the new EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR and Head of Operations of Overseas
Credit Commission London, UK. Sometime ago, in our
organization your overdue consignment fund was brought to
our office for final delivery clearance. However, upon my
arrival to this office, I found your consignment clearance
file lying fallow on my desk without any attention. On a
thorough scrutiny I discovered that your consignment have
been abandoned by your delivery agent. Meanwhile, I have
made several attempts to contact your delivery agent but to
no avail.

To my greatest surprise, during my recent routine checking, I
personally discovered that your consignment content
declaration documents stated that your consignment contains
personal effects meanwhile, it contains United States dollar
bills worth over US$ 10.5 Million dollars, which made it
impossible for the consignment to be delivered to you
earlier before now.

Based on this personal discovery, I am contacting you now to let you
know that with my position and power in this office, I can
assist you to legally clear your consignment fund, but you
must agree with the following conditions:

You must not disclose to any member of my organization whatever
assistance that I am going to render to you in respect of
clearing this consignment fund into your custody.You will
provide me with an authenticated promissory note, otherwise
known as partnership agreement, that upon the safe arrival
of the consignment fund to your custody, that you give me
30% of the total fund contained in the consignment.You must
give adequate attention to this matter until we successfully
and legally clear the consignment fund into your custody.

Upon your acceptance with my above conditions, I will furnish you with
further details of what should be done to legally get the
consignment fund cleared and delivered to you as the
rightful owner of the consignment. Meanwhile, if you know
that you would be unable to keep the secret of my assistance
to you in this regards, please do not border to reply.

Hence the consignment fund would be recovered into our organization
treasury account as unclaimed consignment fund. But if you
can assure me of your competency to keep this secret, I
would like to hear from you soon as possible so that I can
email you further details and guidelines.

Furnish me with the underlisted information:

Full NAMES:

HOME ADDRESS

PHONE NUMBER

FAX:

NEAREST AIRPORT:

Please send further correspondence to
headofoperation2018@yahoo.com

Have a Great Day

Mr Richard Michael
Head of Operations

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