419 scam: "Prince James Kabiru"<jameskabiru22@hotmail.com> YOUR HELP PLEASE

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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:
- "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)
- "million united states 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)
- "contact the diplomat" ("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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Prince James Kabiru" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <princejameskabiru@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 00:50:36 +0100
Subject: YOUR HELP PLEASE

Compliments of the day!

I and my younger sister write to seek for your assistance; .

I want to introduce myself to you properly. My name is James Kabiru and my younger sister's Name is Princess Amina Kabiru of Kenya, our consignment trunk Boxes contains the sum of $25 million United States dollars and some quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot be specific about. The consignments is presently in the Logan International Airport U.S.A.

The consignment trunk Boxes gets to the United State through the help of Mr Derrick Hunt who was the formal beneficiary to this consignment. Through the Delivery of
A Governmental U.N diplomat Dr.Diplomat Famous Kofi. The fact is that Dr.Famous Kofi is supposed to have delivered this consignment to a man called Mr.Derrick Hunt in the United State.

The week Dr.Kofi is suppose to deliver the consignment to him, when he got to the STATE after clearing the consignment trunk Boxes from the Airport, he call Mr. Derrick Hunt to give to him the description to his house for the delivery, but his wife answered the call and told Dr. Famous Kofi that her husband Mr.Derrick Hunt had a fatal car accident which has led to his death some few hours later.

That was why Dr.Kofi has to deposit the consignment with a Security warehouse over there in the United State and called us to informed us about what is happening.

Please I and my little sister seek for your help to Contact the Diplomat so that he can be able to deliver the Consignment to you. I do want you to instruct him that you have discuses this with us, and you want him to carry out the delivery of your children consignment to you on time now.

I await to receive your urgent response to enable me forward to you all the legal documents backing up the delivery and also the contact informations of the diplomat for you to contact him.

Thanks and God bless you for your good and Godly Heart towards helping us.
Yours Faithfully,
James and Princess Amina Kabiru.

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