419 scam: "INTERNATIONAL POLICE AUTHORITY UNITED STATES SECTION (INTERPOL)"<info@hotnet.gr> INTERNATIONAL POLICE AUTHORITY UNITED STATES SECTION (INTERPOL)

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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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "huge amount of money" (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 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)
- "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.
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.
- edmund_james@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNATIONAL POLICE AUTHORITY UNITED STATES SECTION (INTERPOL)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <international_policeauthority@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 19:16:44 +0100
Subject: INTERNATIONAL POLICE AUTHORITY UNITED STATES SECTION (INTERPOL)

INTERNATIONAL POLICE AUTHORITY UNITED STATES SECTION (INTERPOL)

Region No. 2 New York City

P.O. Box 804 Knickerbocker Station

New York City, New York 10002-0804 USA

We, office of the international police authority (IPA) hereby write to

inform you that we caught a diplomatic lady called Mrs. Vernon Wallace at

(John F Kennedy International Airport) here in New York with a consignment

box filed with United State Dollars.

Meanwhile, base on our interview to the diplomat she said that the

consignment box belongs to you, that she was sent by SIR EDMUND JAMES to

deliver the consignment box to your doorstep not knowing that the content

of the box is money. The diplomat also said that her first transit in the

state was at Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport Ohio. Now,

the diplomat is under detention in the office of (IPA) security, and we

cannot release her until we carry out our proper investigation on how this

huge amount of money managed to be yours before we will release her with

the box.. So, in this regards you are to reassure and prove to us that the

money you are about to receive is legal by sending us the Award Ownership

Certificate showing that the money is not illegal.

Note, that the Award Ownership Certificate must to be secured from the

office of the senate president in Nigeria, because that is the only office

that will issue you the original Award Ownership Certificate of this

funds, this is because the fund originated from Nigeria

You are advised to forward immediately the Award Ownership Certificate if

you have it with you, but if you did not have it we will urge you to

contact back the sender of the diplomat to help you secure the Award

Ownership Certificate if at all you do not have it.

Below is the contact information of the person that sent the diplomat:

Name: Sir Edmund James

Email:edmund_james@aol.com

Furthermore, we are giving you only but 3 working business days to forward

the requested Award Ownership Certificate. Please note that we shall get

back to you after the 3 working business days, that if you didn’t come up

with the certificate we shall confiscate the funds into World Bank account

then charge you for money laundering, but if you forward the Award

Ownership Certificate then we will release diplomat with your consignment

box also gives you every back up on the money.

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation

Yours Truly,

I.P.A REGION NO:2

DCP. DOUGLAS H. KING (INTERPOL)

CC: DR EDMOND JAMES

Cc: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI).

CC: CIA

CC: Deputy Commissioner,

U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

David V. Aguilar.

CBP Headquarters 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Room 3.4A Washington, DC 20229

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