419 scam: "DIPLOMAT" <info@usa.org> CALL OR TEXT ME: +1 409 291 4235

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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:
- "money gram" (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. )
- "clearance permit" (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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "DIPLOMAT" <info@usa.org>
Reply-To: king67823@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 12:00:32 +0100
Subject: CALL OR TEXT ME: +1 409 291 4235

Dear Fund Owner,

I am Diplomat Ted Bogart, I have been trying to reach you about an
hour now just to inform you about my successful arrival @ Dallas/Fort
Worth International Airport with your Atm Card Parcel worth $9.5M
{Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars} which I have been
instructed by United Postal Service {UPS} to be delivered to you at
your door step. The Airport authority demanded for all the legal back
up papers to prove to them that the Atm Card Fund is no way related
with drug money, I have presented the papers I handed to them and they
are very much pleased with the paper's I presented but the only thing
that is still keeping me here is the Yellow Tag Clearance Permit which
is not placed on your Atm Card parcel, one of the Airport Authority
has advise that we get the Yellow Tag Clearance Permit so that I can
exit the airport immediately and make my delivery successful to your
home address. I try to reason with them and they stated that the
Yellow Tag Clearance Permit will cost us just $105 Dollars only to g
placed on the box as that tag will enable me deliver your Atm Card
Fund to your postal.

Please try and reach me with my number +1 409 291 4235 and also send
me email as I can not afford to spend more than 48hours here due to
other delivery I have to take care of. Here are the papers backing the
funds together with my ID CARD as I can accompany you to your bank
were you will deposit the fund successfully with these papers. I have
more vital paper with me but I can only present you the hard copy when
I reach your house as that it's the diplomatic rules, such as
authorization to deliver.

Re-confirm to me your contact information:
Full Name...............
Direct Telephone Number ...........
Delivery Address .............

You can direct the tag fee today to our Head Office in Tucson Arizona
with the name and address bellow as they will get the Yellow Tag on
your behalf. Get back to me with the payment information, Kindly use
Money Gram Money Transfer Agent to send the Yellow Tag Clearance
Permit to enable me complete my delivery assignment to your postal
address without any hitch.

Receiver's Name:.......Danny Shell
Address:..........Tulsa, Oklahoma USA
Yellow Tag Fee:.............$105 Dollars

PAYMENT INFORMATION:
REFERENCE NUMBER:-------
SENDERS NAMES:--------

NOTE: You must stop all further contact or communication with every
other person or Offices regarding your Funds because it is only me
Diplomat Ted Bogart that have the legitimate right and mandate to pay
you accordingly.These mentioned criminal suspects attempted to
secretly divert your Funds into an unknown Account in Europe.

As soon as i received the $105 Dollars Payment Information, I will
precede my journey to your address without any further delay.

Regard
DIPLOMAT TED BOGART
CALL OR TEXT ME: +1 409 291 4235

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