419 scam: "Consular office dept."<mgudo1@mail.fr> Contact the diplomat for your Atm visa card US$4,500,000Million!!!

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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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "diplomatic agent" ("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: "Consular office dept." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mgudo1@voila.fr>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 23:37:11 +0100
Subject: Contact the diplomat for your Atm visa card US$4,500,000Million!!!

Ref/Payment Code: (06614) / US$4,500,000Million.

Dear Friend,

We discovered that your total funds payment has not been released to you and was unnecessarily been delayed. Be inform that I have used my authority as one of the directors to smooth the progress of our agreement to pay you sum of $4,500,000.00Million, through international Credit Card that is cash-able in all the ATM machine banks anywhere in the world.

Your following information's are needed rapidly so as to enable the diplomatic agent proceed to deliver the parcel to you in your home address, these include: Your Full Name, Mobile Phone,Address, City, Country and Nearest Airport.

Contact John Harrison now and forward the listed information's to his E-mail id: (john.harrison@barid.com)

Mrs. Maureen Duke.
Consular office dept.

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