419 scam: Manford Douglas <dmanford@yahoo.cn> Important Notice,Contact TNT Delivery Company,

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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:
- "demurrage " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "activation fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "diplomatic agent" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "cotonou" (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.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22998381976 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- tntdeliveingcompany@rocketmail.com (Rocketmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Manford Douglas <dmanford@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: tntdeliveingcompany@rocketmail.com
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2012 03:43:24 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Important Notice,Contact TNT Delivery Company,

United Parcel Service BENIN REPUBLIC LTD Contact
Person: Dr.West John( Director ) FCT-Cotonou BENIN:
Tel Phone: +229-9838-1976 Director Contact Email:
( tntdeliveingcompany@rocketmail.com )
Attention: Customer,

This
is to bring to your notice that because of the impossibility of your
fund transfer through the western union network, we have credited your
total sum of $2.8millon valid fund into an ATM MASTER CARD and I have
paid the re-activation fee and the delivery of the ATM Card To you, I
paid it because the ATM Card worth of $2.8million which I have
registered for delivery yesterday has less than 31 days to expire in the
custody of the TNT Company and when it expires, the money will go into
Federal Government treasury account.

With that we decided to
help you pay off the money so that the ATM Card will not expire, because
I trust that when you receive your ATM Card definitely you must pay me
back my money and even compensate me for helping you.I was calling the
telephone number you provided then, but unavailable to confirm if you
still living in your formal address in for the registration of the ATM
Card. Now I want you to contact TNT Express Delivery with your physical
address you desire the delivery to be made so that they can deliver your
ATM Card to your designated address without any delay.

Like I
stated earlier, the crediting re-activation, delivery and the company
registration charges has been paid by me, but I did not pay their
official keeping fees since they refused, they refused and the reason is
that they do not know when you are going to contact them and the
demurrage might have increased by then, They told me that their keeping
fees is $29 per day only, and I deposited it yesterday Nov 8, 2012:

Below
is the Contact Information of the TNT, Express Customer Service
Director Dr.West John, Email Address online:(
tntdeliveingcompany@rocketmail.com ) Tel: +229- 9838-1976 Contact
them today and also send them the security official keeping charge to
avoid increase of their fees and let me know once you receive your ATM
card, Important Notice, your ATM CARD was registered as a gift so that
the diplomatic Agent will not know the content of your ATM CARD okay.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Manford Douglas.

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