419 scam: "Mr.Paulson Great"<eagle@air.ocn.ne.jp> Atten. Dear Esteem Customer,

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
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.
- paulsongreat@deliveryman.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Paulson Great" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paulsongreat@deliveryman.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 23:36:55 -0700
Subject: Atten. Dear Esteem Customer,

Atten. Dear Esteem Customer,

I wish to let you know that visitation of Her. Excellency Mrs. Melania Trump to (REPUBLIC OF KENYA ) will restore many lost hopes today for all confiscated funds by the Government of KENYA.

In a nutshell, Her.Excellency.Mrs Melania Trump visited Government Treasury Reserve of Kenya after her tour in KENYA NATIONAL PARK and discovered UNCLAIMED PAYMENT FILES of so many Foreigners like, CONTRACT FUNDS, INHERITANCE FUNDS, COMPENSATION FUNDS ETC. which is still unclaimed due to some circumstances and she was annoyed and gave immediate release Order of all the Funds to be disburse to the various BENEFICIARIES hence American still remain the WORLD POWER and instruction from the President must be followed.

In view of the above Her.Excellency.Mrs Melania Trump used the IMMUNITY of the Present His Excellency Donald Trump to grant the release of all confiscated Funds without proper Proof to the beneficiaries and your PAYMENT FILE with Reg Number ( KBX250013 ) and valuable Sum of $18,500,000.00USD) was APPROVED among the released Files and we THE NEXT RATED LOGISTICS COURIER COMPANY was assigned for the shipment though the delivery fee has been taken care of but Her.Excellency Mrs. Melania Trump stated very loud and clear that the beneficiaries should be taken care of the Clearance charge upon arrival of the Fund at UNITED STATE CUSTOMS AND BOARDER PROTECTION SERVICE DEPARTMENT in the AIRPORT.

Note, this fund was deposited as Cash in a trunk Box endorsed by Her.Excellency.Mrs Melania Trump with instruction to book the delivery on transit and release you the tracking details which delivery is expected to arrive tomorrow though you can always confirm it by checking your tracking details regularly, though you are expected to reconfirm below details for confirmation before we can commence on the delivery BOOKING to ensure the beneficiary information are correct.

Director:. Mr.Paulson Great
Email: paulsongreat@deliveryman.com

Full Name:...
Home Address:.....
Contact Mobile:....
Age:....
International Passport or Valid ID CARD

Urgently get back to us in order to enable us meet up with shipping of the package today unfailingly as instructed by Her.Excellency.Mrs Melania Trump.

Secretary Mr. Eustus Ngoma

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