419 scam: "Mr. Joseph P. Clancy"<jpclancy@u.net.id> Please this is very important and urgent

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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:
- "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)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "watchdogdept@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Joseph P. Clancy" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jc.fbidept@yandex.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:16:45 -0700
Subject: Please this is very important and urgent

Unclaimed Airport Luggage.
Attn: Consignment Box Owner,

This is to intimate you of a very important information which will be of a great help to redeem you from all the difficulties you have been experiencing in getting your long over due payment due to excessive demand of money from you by both corrupt Bank officials and Courier Companies after which your fund remains unpaid to you. I am pleased to inform you that your Shipment it was held due to one unavailable document. According to information reaching us, the Shipment was returned due to your failure to pay the necessary charges required by the delivery company to enable it pass through the security agency.

This is why I decided to get involved. You must also know that this arrangement does not involve any of the people you were dealing with in the past because this onsignment/Payment has been surrendered to the U.S Government with my involvement, The funds totals $7.5M (Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars) and we confirm that these funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and non-criminal origin and are available in the form of CASH.

This is their e-mail address( isdcc@outlook.com & their website www.internationalspeeddelivery.com ) Please kindly forward your details to them today for verification and the Courier Company will be issuing you tracking numbers for your consignment package so as to enable you to be tracking your consignment package online while on transit until it gets to your doorstep within 2 days and keep me posted.

For confidentiality purposes,i will advise you to email my private email, for quick processing and response to you, kindly send and confirm your details to my private email account ( watchdogdept@outlook.com ) so we can act swiftly.

Please this is very important and urgent

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Joseph P. Clancy
Line: 1-775) 549-6505.
CC: United States Secret Service
CC: National Central Bureau of Interpol

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