419 scam: "Dennis Johnson"<dmo.deliveryunit@gmail.com> (HERE IS THE UNLOCKING CODE OF YOUR 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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "diplomatic delivery"
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
- "diplomatic delivery" ("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)
- "the diplomat " ("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.
- dmo.deliveryunit@computermail.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dennis Johnson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dmo.deliveryunit@computermail.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:30:00 +0100
Subject: (HERE IS THE UNLOCKING CODE OF YOUR BOX)

Re:Delivery/Arrival Update.

We sincerely apologized for the delays and inconvenience and advice you to STOP any further communication with any other payment centers in Asia, Europe, as well as your Associates in any of the African countries for they contributed 100% hindrances to the release of your funds.

This is to inform you that your payment are no longer in the hands of those mischievous officials as you make to believed as we has perfectly upgraded by our apex bank to deliver your fund by diplomatic channel by Hands.

Please confirm if this delivery address we have in the system are still valid because the diplomat has try to reach you but no way.

Here is the address, Sheraton Park Lane Hotel (Piccadilly, London W1J 7BX).

We did not want to inform you about this arrangement as we wanted to take you by surprise to avoid scammers exploiting of the situation but the information reaching us today indicated that, the man in charges of delivery has arrived your country but finding difficult to reach you.

As you are aware that our board of trustees has reached a decision for your inheritance/lottery Winning/Contracts fund to be delivered to you by door to door diplomatic delivery channel for approved sum of US$10.3M into a sealed metal computerized number.We wish to inform you that the diplomatic agent conveying the Metallic Parkages has misplaced your contact information as assigned to you before his departure and he is currently stranded at the Port of entering. He has been trying to reach you but not going through.

Let's know if he has contact you on arrival?

Here are the UNLOCKING CODE OF YOUR BOX:7945, Once you key in the numbers, the metal will open.
Note:Do not disclose this to anybody not even to the diplomat attached for the delivery for security reason.
We required you to re-confirm the following information's below

so that he can you for the delivery since he has only two days to meet with you.

1. Your complete residential or office addresses were you want the delivery to be made
2. The name of the International Airport closest to the delivery address.
3 your 24 hours assess’ mobile line for easy contact on arrival.
4.Your Resident and office telephone number as well.
5.Scan copy of your identity to enable the official to know you in Person.

NOTE : The consignments was moved from here as family treasures.

Lets me know when you contact him.
Bye and have a wonderful day sir,
Yours Faithfully,
My Jonathan Douglas.
Foreign Operation,
Debt Management Office (DMO)
Email:dmo.deliveryunit@computermail.net

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