419 scam: "Smith Bernard"<haresh@eurostargroup.in> Email From Benard Smith

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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:
- "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)
- "liberia" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Smith Bernard" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bensmith001s@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 15:02:33 -0700
Subject: Email From Benard Smith

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Hello Dearest, 
 
Good day to you and how are you doing and i hope and pray that my email meets you in good mannerism, My name is Benard Smith, I am 22 years of age why my younger sister's name is Amela Smith and we are the only children of late (Mr. Larry Smith) a citizen of Liberia. 
 
We are contacting you because we need you to help us stand as our new beneficiary to receive our two consignment boxes that is already there in America for months under the care of Airport Securities. The two boxes contains the sum of $8.5 Million usd and nobody knows about it only we, the diplomat who was to deliver the boxes was suppose to make the delivery to our late beneficiary (Mrs Loid Times) over there in America, but before he arrived in usa, he was told that Mrs Loid Times died in a motor accident on her way to her working place, since then our boxes has been in ATLANTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT and we are over here in Ghana suffering. Please we need you to help us receive the boxes so that you can help us come over to your country to start up a new living. 
 
If you are willing to help us, please get back to us with your phone number, house address details ,age and occupation so that we give you the details of the Diplomat to enable you communicate with him and ask him how he can be able to get the boxes delivered to you as our new beneficiary since the boxes are already there in America. 
And please take note that 40% of the total $8.5 Million usd would be your personal share for helping us out of our present situation. 
We wait to hear from you, 
Thanks 
 
Bernald and Amela Smith. 
Call us on +233547171923. 
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