419 scam: "Maria Kowalska" <kowalskam@yeah.net> Re: Your with-held Consignment/Fund

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "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 united states 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)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "a 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.
- kowalskamaria2@tlen.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Maria Kowalska" <kowalskam@yeah.net>
Reply-To: kowalskamaria2@o2.pl
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 14:30:00 +0200
Subject: Re: Your with-held Consignment/Fund

Assistance Inspection Director
Gatwick International Airport
West Sussex RH6 0NP,
United Kingdom

Hello,
Re: Your Abandoned Package For Delivery

I have very vital information to give to you, but first I must have your
trust before I review it to you because it may cause me my job, so I need
somebody that I can trust for me to be able to reveal the secret to you.

I am Maria Kowalska, head of luggage/baggage storage facilities here at
the Gatwick International Airport, London UK. During my recent withheld
package routine check at the Airport Storage Vault, I discovered an
abandoned shipment by a Diplomat and when scanned it revealed an
undisclosed sum of money in a metal trunk box. The consignment was
abandoned because the Contents of the consignment was not properly
declared by the consignee as the trunk contains the amount inwards ($3.25
million united states dollars). On my assumption the consignment is still
left in our Storage House here at the Gatwick International Airport,
London till date. The details of the consignment including your name, your
email address and the official documents from the United Nations office in
Geneva are tagged on the Trunk box.

However, to enable me confirm if you are the actual recipient of this
consignment as the assistant director of the Inspection Unit, I will
advise you to re-confirm your current Phone Number and Full Address, to
enable me cross check if it corresponds with the address on the official
documents including the name of nearest Airport around your city. Please
note that this consignment is supposed to have been returned to the Her
Majesty's Treasury Department as unclaimed delivery due to the delays in
concluding the clearance processes so as a result of this, I will not be
able to receive your details on my official email account. So in order
words to enable me cross check your details, I will advise you send the
required details to my private email address for quick processing and
response. Once I confirm you as the actual recipient of the trunk box, I
can get everything concluded within 48hours upon your acceptance and
proceed to your address for delivery.

Lastly, be informed that the reason I have taken it upon myself to contact
you personally about this abandoned consignment is because I want us to
transact this business and share the money between us since the
consignment has not yet been returned to the Her Majesty's Treasury
Department after being abandoned by the diplomat so immediately the
confirmation is made, I will go ahead and pay for the United Kingdom Non
Inspection Fee and arrange for the box to be delivered to your doorstep Or
I can bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble but you have to assure
me of my share.

I wait to hear from you urgently if you are still alive and I will
appreciate if we can keep this deal confidential. Please get back to me
via my private Email:(kowalskamaria2@tlen.pl) for further directives: You
can call me on my telephone number and drop a message.

Thank you.
Maria Kowalska
Assistance Inspection Director
atwick International Airport
West Sussex RH6 0NP,
United Kingdom

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