419 scam: "Barrister Marks Saunders" <info@marks.com> Beneficiary

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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:
- "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)
- "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)
- "million dollars" (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)
- "diplomatic security company" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "foreign payment department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2347051700982 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
- +2348134052591

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister Marks Saunders" <info@marks.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: markssaunders776@8u8.us
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 03:41:24 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: Beneficiary

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NAME: BARRISTER MARKS SAUNDERS,
LAGOS STATE CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE
P.O BOX,138 IKE NWAOSI ESTATE
VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS.

Attn: Beneficiary,

Your E-mail ID has been awarded the sum of USD$10.7 Million Dollars only.
By C.B.N Bank Foreign Payment Department. Get back to me your receiving
information in your returning mail.

We have already instructed the officials of the C.B.N Bank to carry out
the delivery of the contract sum of USD$10.7 Million Dollars to your home.

I want to let you know that I have move down your consignment package to
the Diplomatic baggage company with name: (The Next Day Delivery Service
Company) which was registered in your Name as rightful Beneficiary.

Mind you that your consignment is registered as your personal effects with
some official Documents that is what I declared as the true contents of
your packages.

Below are the Registration details Text Question and Answer regarding your
consignment?
(1)Text Question: who is the Consignment sender? Answer: Barrister Marks.
(2)Text Question: what is the color of the Consignment briefcase? Answer
Silver Color.
(3)Text Question: what is the Consignment Batch Number? Answer: Number:
RC53227-NIGTNDSC.
(4)Text Question: what is the Content of your Consignment packages?
Answer: Your personal Effects with some Documents.

Meanwhile, for delivery in term of their contract sum of USD$10.7 Million
Dollars, the following information is required from you.
Your Names: ……………..
Address of home: ……………..
Country: ...................................
Age: .......................................
Tell Number : .......................................
Fax Number : .......................................
The nearest international airport to your home: ……………..
Your occupation: ...................................
Your ID card or international pass port required from you for easy identity.

Below is your personal security Code Number which you will use to access
your consignment packages is :( #25951), All the payment regarding your
delivery fee has made completely for smooth delivery of your consignment
box.

Bellow is the Delivery Diplomatic Security Company information that you
are advised to contact and demand for the immediate delivery.

COMPANY NAME: NEXT DAY DELIVERY SERVICE DIPLOMATIC COMPANY,
Contact person: Mr. Collins Oliver.
Tell: +234 813-405-2591
E-mail: nextdaydeliverydiplomaticevancode@qatar.io

Be informed that it your civic duty to pay for the security keeping fee of
usd$1,343.00 dollars only to enable the management of the company stamp
the releasing of your packages and register your Consignment packages via
Muntal Mohamed International Airport via JF Kennedy Airport New-York to
your address so that no security agent whatsoever will stop the free flow
of your consignment packages until the Diplomat arrives your Address.

Finally, I urge you to re-confirm your contact Address, your Direct
Cell-phone number and also a scan copy of your Driver’s License for
identification to avoid wrong Delivery to a wrong person.

Call me of my direct number: +234-705-170-0982 for more details regarding
your Consignment packages.

Best Regard,
Barrister Marks Saunders.

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NAME: BARRISTER MARKS SAUNDERS,
LAGOS STATE CHAMBERS OF JUSTICE
P.O BOX,138 IKE NWAOSI ESTATE
VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS.

Attn: Beneficiary,

Your E-mail ID has been awarded the sum of USD$10.7 Million Dollars only.
By C.B.N Bank Foreign Payment Department. Get back to me your receiving
information in your returning mail.

We have already instructed the officials of the C.B.N Bank to carry out
the delivery of the contract sum of USD$10.7 Million Dollars to your home.

I want to let you know that I have move down your consignment package to
the Diplomatic baggage company with name: (The Next Day Delivery Service
Company) which was registered in your Name as rightful Beneficiary.

Mind you that your consignment is registered as your personal effects with
some official Documents that is what I declared as the true contents of
your packages.

Below are the Registration details Text Question and Answer regarding your
consignment?
(1)Text Question: who is the Consignment sender? Answer: Barrister Marks.
(2)Text Question: what is the color of the Consignment briefcase? Answer
Silver Color.
(3)Text Question: what is the Consignment Batch Number? Answer: Number:
RC53227-NIGTNDSC.
(4)Text Question: what is the Content of your Consignment packages?
Answer: Your personal Effects with some Documents.

Meanwhile, for delivery in term of their contract sum of USD$10.7 Million
Dollars, the following information is required from you.
Your Names: ……………..
Address of home: ……………..
Country: ...................................
Age: .......................................
Tell Number : .......................................
Fax Number : .......................................
The nearest international airport to your home: ……………..
Your occupation: ...................................
Your ID card or international pass port required from you for easy identity.

Below is your personal security Code Number which you will use to access
your consignment packages is :( #25951), All the payment regarding your
delivery fee has made completely for smooth delivery of your consignment
box.

Bellow is the Delivery Diplomatic Security Company information that you
are advised to contact and demand for the immediate delivery.

COMPANY NAME: NEXT DAY DELIVERY SERVICE DIPLOMATIC COMPANY,
Contact person: Mr. Collins Oliver.
Tell: +234 813-405-2591
E-mail: nextdaydeliverydiplomaticevancode@qatar.io

Be informed that it your civic duty to pay for the security keeping fee of
usd$1,343.00 dollars only to enable the management of the company stamp
the releasing of your packages and register your Consignment packages via
Muntal Mohamed International Airport via JF Kennedy Airport New-York to
your address so that no security agent whatsoever will stop the free flow
of your consignment packages until the Diplomat arrives your Address.

Finally, I urge you to re-confirm your contact Address, your Direct
Cell-phone number and also a scan copy of your Driver’s License for
identification to avoid wrong Delivery to a wrong person.

Call me of my direct number: +234-705-170-0982 for more details regarding
your Consignment packages.

Best Regard,
Barrister Marks Saunders.

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