419 scam: "Mr. Niels Scott" <dhlnigeria0a@gmail.com> YOUR PACKAGE IS READY

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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:
- "clearance certificate" (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 certificate" (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. )
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "diplomatic agent" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
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.
- amwilliams2a@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Niels Scott" <dhlnigeria0a@gmail.com>
Reply-To: undiplomaticagent011@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 13:30:49 -0800
Subject: YOUR PACKAGE IS READY

Attention:

This is your Diplomatic Agent Mr. Alexander Williams, I have been
trying to reach you on your telephone about an hour now just to inform
you about my
successful arrival in Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Texas,(USA), with your ATM PACKAGE worth $10.5million USA
dollars which I have been instructed by UNITED NATION DIPLOMATIC
COURIER COMAPANY to be delivered to you. The Airport authority
demanded for all the legal back up to prove to them that the fund is
no way related with drug nor fraud money,

I have presented the papers and handed it over to them and they are
very much pleased with the papers I presented, but the only thing that
is still keeping me here is the IRS CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE which is not
on the Package Documents because of its different country of origin,
one of the Airport Officer has advise that we get the IRS CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE
so that I can exit the airport immediately and make my delivery successful.

I try to reason with them and they stated the CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE will cost
us just $350 Dollars only to get the CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE will enable me get
to your house successfully without any interference, the fund is 100 %
spendable
and accepted by any bank in the whole world.

As I can not afford to spend more time here due to other delivery I
have to take care of in Canada.

Reconfirm the following information below so that I can deliver your
ATM Package to you today.

NAME: =======================================
ADDRESS: ====================================
MOBILE NO.:==================================
NAME OF YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT: ===============
A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION: ==============

Here is my cell phone to contact +1 (210) 501-1559 Or you can as well
email with this
email address (amwilliams2a@gmail.com)

Urgent Response is needed because here is very busy and hot
E-mail Address (amwilliams2a@gmail.com)
Contact number +1 (210) 501-1559

You have to purchase ITUNES GIFT CARD OF $350, SCRATCH AND SEND IT VIA
EMAIL OR MMS MESSAGE TO ENABLE ME TO DO THE NEEDFUL AND FINALIZE ON
YOUR DELIVERY TODAY.

Regard
DIPLOMAT ALEXANDER WILLIAMS
UNITED NATION DIPLOMATIC COURIER COMAPANY

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