419 scam: Franck Nicolas <franck.nicolas001@gmail.com> Your fund has been Approved

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "million us 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "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: Franck Nicolas <franck.nicolas001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: franck.nicolas07@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:08:06 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Your fund has been Approved

Dear friend,

How are you today, I hope fine I amÂ Mr.Franck NicolasÂ from BOA BANK OFÂ AFRICA in Burkina Faso Ouagadougouplease I want to use thisÂ medium toÂ inform you about the newdevelopment in our bank now, there was an on-goingÂ boardofÂ director's meeting headÂ this morning and is about your inheritanceabandonÂ fund's left in west Africa. Which you abandon here since withoutcoming for the claim due to, you failed to complete the obligationgivingÂ from topÂ bank officialÂ authorities by you.
Meanwhile the bank remittanceÂ final saydepartment payment officer Rev Cyprian MarkÂ has agreed with othersbankerâ€™s accountant managerÂ to send our diplomat to your country to delivertheÂ sum of $6.5MillionUnited state dollarsÂ to you. All they needed toknow from you if you are still interested to welcome the high profile diplomatas being instructed to hand over your consignment trunk box via your doorsteps.
The bank management, director have paidforÂ vitalÂ necessary requiredÂ document from our countrygovernment also your country government,Â such as DRUG AND ANTI TERRORISTCERTIFICATE to proved that this fund is not DRUG OR TERRORIST MONEY becausethey most ask you for some documents like this.
Â Note; the only money you will pay upon thearrival of the delivery is AIRWAY BILL and you will pay him before he willrelease the consignment to you.
Note: that the diplomatÂ we will send toyour country to meet you face to faceÂ Does Not Know the Original Contentsof the Box, Bank madeÂ him to understand that the Box Contains a SensitivePhotographic Film Material Instead Of Money for Security Reasons did youunderstand?
I repeat once again, the consignment thetotal amount we have to transfer is $6.5million US dollars so all you need todo is tore-confirmÂ your information so that we can start theÂ process immediateto enable us give you date and time you will expect from the Diplomat deliveryAgentÂ okay.
1)Â YOUR FULL NAME
2)Â YOUR HOME ADDRESS
3)Â YOUR PRIVATE MOBILEÂ TELEPHONE
4)Â YOUR IDENTITY CARD
5)Â YOUR COUNTRY NAME
Best Regards
Mr. Franck NicolasÂ

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