419 scam: "Diplomatic Agent"<karlschmidtus@yahoo.co.jp> Receive Your Inheritance Funds.

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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)
- "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)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "a 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: "Diplomatic Agent" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <diplimaticagent001@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 21:07:20 -0400
Subject: Receive Your Inheritance Funds.

Attention: Beneficiary,

We hereby bring to your notice that a consignment been delivered at your
residence by a diplomat had been stopped by us. This is a security measure
put in place by United States of America check terrorism and money laundry
through the sale of illegal drugs locally and internationally.

After examination, we found out that the consignment contained the sum of
US$3.7 Million, which upon further investigation revealed that the fund was
your inheritance.

Consequently, the diplomat will deliver your consignment at your residence
after all protocols have been observed.

However, in order to procced we need you to reconfirm the following
information,

Full Name:

Residential Address:

Date of Birth:

Occupation:

Telephone/Mobile Numbers:

We await your response.

Regards,

Jayson Ahern
Commissioner
U.S.Customs and Border Protection Border

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