419 scam: "Mr. Gina Charles" <diplomaticchilosmith77@gmail.com> Sir / Madam Very Important

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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:
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "courier service" (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.
- whitescott5678@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Gina Charles" <diplomaticchilosmith77@gmail.com>
Reply-To: whitescott5678@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:04:46 +0100
Subject: Sir / Madam Very Important

Attention Honorable Beneficiary of this email address, with due
respect SIR OR MADAM, our Licensed Diplomatic Courier Service Agent
misplace you personal home address, and he is stranded in your
International Airport with your ATM Parcel, waiting for you to
reconfirmed your FULL NAME, HOME ADDRESS, YOUR PHONE NUMBER, to enable
him complete the delivery to you today, the ATM Visa Card inside the
parcel Wattage of $6.5 Million USD, but the Agent did not know the
content of your ATM Visa Card, on no Circumstances should you let him
know the content.

So be advice to contact him for the immediate deliver your ATM Parcel
to you, here is his information bellow, contact him now he is waiting
okay, thanks for your understanding.

Mr. Scot White
Licensed Diplomatic Courier Service,
E-mail: whitescott5678@gmail.com
Tell: +1(385) 247-0765.

This is an urgent notification payment update which will be a great
help to you in receiving your unclaimed Inheritance fund which you
abandon with our Bank for long that has been approved in your favor
for immediate payment and it was credited in your favor into ATM Visa
Card, please reconfirm your information to him to avoid further
inconveniences.

Yours Faithfully.
Mr. Gina Charles
National Coordinator Foreign
Payment UBA Bank

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