419 scam: "Office mail"<januardi@cbn.net.id> Contact diplomat John Malvin now at John.F.Kennedy international airport New Yo

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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:
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
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.
- jmalvin3@aol.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Office mail" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <off1cemail@yandex.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 02:58:12 -0700
Subject: Contact diplomat John Malvin now at John.F.Kennedy international airport New York Usa, with your full details at (jmalvin3@aol.com or call +1(845-682-1489) for the delivery of your cash consignment box to your home and make sure you acquire your international diplomatic cash delivery permit for United States to enable him deliver your package to you.

Attention,

I'm Diplomat John Malvin, I have been trying to reach you on your telephone about an hour now just to inform you about my successful arrival in J.F.Kennedy Airport New York Usa with your consignment box, which I have been instructed by President of Federal Republic of Nigeria to be delivered to you as a (compensation) fund because, It was agreed that to retain the good image of Nigeria and the rest of African countries, all the victims who have lost their hard earn money to these faceless thieves will be compensated with some fund and also to help them to start a new life. please kindly reconfirm to me your destination information to (jmalvin3@aol.com).

The Airport authority demanded for all the legal back up papers to prove to them that the fund is no way related with drug nor fraud money, I have presented the papers I handed to them and they are very much pleased with the papers Please try and reach me with my international roaming number +1(845-682-1489) as I can not afford to spend more time here due to other delivery I have to take care of in New Mexico.

I want you to know that you have 24 hours to call me on phone +1(845-682-1489) as you may know I do not want the security company where this Consignment is lodged to start raising an eye brow because of the length of time it has stayed. However, before the delivery is effected, we need you to reconfirm the following information so that the funds will not be delivered to someone else. Full name, home address and your valid phone number and the name of the airport that is close to you.

Please Endeavor to acquire your international diplomatic cash delivery permit for United States, for the delivery to be successful to your home and you have to contact me now to let you know how to acquire the international diplomatic cash delivery permit for United States and without that, I can not be able to get your package delivered to you.

Note that the international diplomatic cash delivery permit for United States is very important for the delivery to be successful and you must acquire it for me to proceed with the delivery to your home.

After verification of the information with what I have on file, I shall contact you so that we can make arrangements on the exact time I will be bringing your package to your residential address. Send the requested information so that i can proceed.

Diplomat John Malvin
Phone +1(845-682-1489)
Email.(jmalvin3@aol.com)

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