419 scam: "Major.Alan Edward"<majoralanedward2013@gmail.com> DETAILS OF PROPOSAL/

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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:
- "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 us 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)
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Major.Alan Edward" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <majoralanedward002@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 2016 20:29:55 +0530
Subject: DETAILS OF PROPOSAL/

Dearly Respected.

With due respect, thank you very much for your response. First and foremost it is a good thing that you have responded timely and I must use this medium to assure you that we must succeed in this business. I would like to be sure of your willingness, trustworthiness and commitment to execute this transaction with me, I cannot afford to compromise these virtues considering the money involved, it is necessary for me to be sure of the person to whom I will be entrusting this transaction, and my trust is not given out lightly. What I expect from you is trust and commitment; I want this large sum of money transferred with your assistance. I want to know if you are willing to follow up this business seriously. I must use this medium to let you know that this transaction is LEGAL AND RISK FREE okay, I will ensure that we do everything possible from our end here for you to have a safe delivery of the funds. I have a very good, trusted and reliable diplomatic courier contact used mos!
tly by our forces in Jordan, that

The baggage will be tagged as personal effects and covered with a diplomatic coverage consignment trunk box, and the courier company will not know the contents of the boxes. A few friends have used this means to convey goods, without being checked because of the diplomatic coverage system. Their charges are very high, but I will negotiate a way out from this end, till it gets to your door step any where and I will follow up immediately and meet with you for disbursement after you have received it. I am very sure you will know the best way to handle this money for us, when it gets to your base. Please do send us your phone numbers and your address and I hope the address is where you want us to deliver the goods through to you. It could be a bank address or your Company address. I will start making arrangements as to sending the merchandise to you.

Your Direct Phone number will be use to contact you as soon as Shipment is in Motion. I will send the total since I can not take any chances by keeping cash on me. Your percentage stands at 30%. Meanwhile' I will like to know what you do for a living? Are you married with kids? Can you handle these funds? I will also want to see your passport copy or id/, driver’s License if you have one so I can know who I am dealing with. We need to build trust okay? The only people that knew about this is just me and my partner. You know that the security is very important, you can not trust anybody therefore, remember to keep it secret. The total sum amount in the box is $10.5Million US DOLLARS and I hope that you can handle it? I hope you are okay with this? Everything must be done by email until the funds get's to your possession. Immediately
the money get to you just go ahead and take your 35% and then keep my 65% very safe until i am through with my business over here. I will really appreciate if you can respond back with your full contact details so that we can proceed further.Hoping to hear from you soonest.I hope you understand me? Once again thanks for your response.

Regards,
Major.Alan Edward.

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