419 scam: "INTERPOL"<enquiry@tripacific.com.fj> INTERNATIONAL POLICE, UNITED STATES

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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:
- "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)
- "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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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.
- abeniaki@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERPOL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <uspolicesintp@post.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2016 21:43:17 -0800
Subject: INTERNATIONAL POLICE, UNITED STATES

INTERNATIONAL POLICE, UNITED STATES SECTION/INTERPOL
Region No. 2 New York City
P.O. Box 804 Knickerbockers Station
New York City, New -York 10002-0804 U.S.A.

Attention Fund Beneficiary

The office of the International Police (INTERPOL) hereby write to inform you that we apprehended a diplomatic lady called Mrs. Dorothy Wallace at (John F. Kennedy International Airport) here in New -York
with CONSIGNMENT BOX containg a large amount of United State dollars.

Meanwhile, based on our preliminary investigation,the diplomat (Mrs. Dorothy Wallace) said that the fund consignment box belongs to you, enroute delivery to your physical address, that she was sent by REVEREND MORRIS DIKE of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Nigeria to deliver the fund 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 States was New York, JFK International Airport New-York.

Now, the diplomat is under detention at the office of (I.P.A) security, We cannot release her until we carry out proper investigations before we can release her with your fund consignment box. You are to re-assure and prove to us that the money you are about to receive is legal by sending us the AWARD OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE.

Note that the AWARD OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE must be secured from the office of the ICPC in Nigeria because that is the only office that will issue you the original Award Ownership Certificate of the said fund.

You are also advised to forward immediately the Award Ownership Certificate, but if you DO NOT have it, we will urge you as a matter of urgency to contact the sender of the diplomat to help you secure the Award Ownership Certificate if at all you did not have it.

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

Name: REV. MORRIS DIKE
Email: abeniaki@hotmail.com

Furthermore, we are giving you only but 48 hrs to forward the requested Award Ownership certificate. Please note that we shall get back to you after the 2 working days, if you do not come up with the certificate we shall confiscate the funds into World Bank account then charge you for money laundry but if you forward the Award Ownership Certificate then we will release the diplomat with your parcel box and also give you every back up till the money arrives your doorstep.

Also note that we are doing this to make sure that any huge amount of money like yours that enters United States is legitimate, we regret any inconveniences this might have caused you.

Thanks for your understanding, We are working for American interest.

Yours Truly,

I.P.A REGION NO: 2

THANKS.
JAMES F ENTWISTLE
Committee of Police Societies,NYPD

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