419 scam: Diplomat Maduka Joseph Bernard <fundimf502@gmail.com> Urgent Delivery Of Your Sealed Metallic Consignment Trunk Box

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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:
- "security keeping fee" (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. )
- "the 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)
- "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)
- "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)
- "trunk boxes" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
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.
- officepaymeny@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Diplomat Maduka Joseph Bernard <fundimf502@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrbernardjones02@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:06:31 +0100
Subject: Urgent Delivery Of Your Sealed Metallic Consignment Trunk Box

The United Nations office in USA, UK, Asia, & Europe has appointed me as
your New Diplomat who will deliver to you the Sealed Metallic Consignment
Trunk Box with Serial Number scfs/255ccpa/012 and Security Code
scfs/ccpa24-rhm with your Name as the Beneficiary kept under Safe Custody
of the USA Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) Storage at the
Batten International Airport Racine Wisconsin.

This is where your Consignment Trunk Box is Transferred to, for Security
Reasons, and it has been approved for Delivery to you.

This is Because of the complains coming from Foreign Beneficiaries like
you, That the individual Diplomat that are Appointed to make Delivery to
you are not capable of Delivery of your Consignment Trunk Box, And mind
'you are among the foreign Beneficiaries whom their Consignment Trunk Boxes
are to be delivered with immediate effect.

You will be charged to pay for the security keeping fee of your Consignment
Trunk Box which is the authority from the Federal Aviation Administration
to enable the Batten Airport Authority to know that your Consignment Trunk
Box has been Cleared with some Documentation from the Cargo Department.

It will be important you send a valid Copy of your id or any form of
identification, and also Specify House Address to the destination for the
Delivery of your Consignment Trunk Box.

All that is instructed has to be done before I can then Depart with your
Consignment Trunk Box to meet with you at your doorstep.

Please note that your will be updated as soon as the Consignment Trunk Box
is about to leave the Batten International Airport (Racine, WI, USA) to
your destination and all Document will be sent to you as well for your
record purposes.

Note that your consignment box contained the total sum of US$8,000,000.00.

Do not hesitate to get back to me for any necessary information concerning
the delivery of your Consignment Trunk Box.

Thank you for your Understanding and I Await your Urgent Respond or you can
reach me via email id: (officepaymeny@gmail.com) or via my Telephone Call:
+1-9172686501. You can ask me any question relating to this regard.

Yours Sincerely,

Diplomat Maduka Joseph Bernard
Chief Shipment Office.

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