419 scam: "U.S POST OFFICE" <"www."@juno.ocn.ne.jp> Your Safety and service is always our Duty,

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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:
- "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)
- "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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.
- georgeowen10@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "U.S POST OFFICE" <"www."@juno.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.George Owen" <georgeowen10@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2017 02:05:10 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your Safety and service is always our Duty,

Your Safety and service is always our Duty,

How are you doing today?This is to bring it to your notice that United States Embassy Association in collaboration with the Legitimate officers from different countries in Africa are now in negotiations on how to Limit the alarming rate of scamming and discrimination around the world as ordered by the United Nations And they have been confessing of not being responsible of any delay in deliveries after being warned of what could be their fate if found guilty and they were able to shortlist many deliveries which has not been completed and haven't seen the diplomats sent to make the delivery and today some Anti-frauds security Teams sent to the Airports were able to arrest some group of individuals from different African countries staying at the airports and claiming to be waiting for their package owner to come and meet them at the airports to get their respective packages and one of the African thieves was caught with your email address,

We do not know if you have even been duped and sent money to them, but according to the order given and agreed during the United Nations meeting Via United States Embassy Association with the African countries,Every noticed victims are to be compensated with the sum of $2.5Million United States Dollars and warned never to send money to any illegitimate African Sector again and any attempt to breach the order will get Him/Her into a more complicated trouble versus the United Nations.

Momentarily the thieves has been taken to prisons for their Fellow human humiliations,Inhumanity and Biblical forbidden acts,we were able to get only your email address from them before being taken to the prisons,so your are now advised to provide your below demanded information/details so that we could forward it to the United Nations to investigate and order your reward immediately.

Your Full Name...................
Your country.....................
Your Direct Phone number.........
Your Current Home Address........
Your alternative Email address...
Your ID Copy.....................

Note:You are required to maintain an absolute privacy of this ongoing information as we continue to investigate on limiting the scamming and discrimination.So we are sending you this notice, to know if you would prefer the $2.5 Million United States Dollars paid to you by Cashier's check or crediting the $2.5 Million into an ATM MASTER CARD? Email the U.S post office Manager (Mr.George Owen)via (georgeowen10@yahoo.com)OR Call OR text the U.S Post office manager Pennington South Dakota via (+1)605 269 5748 after providing your earlier demanded information.

Regards
Miss.Lisa Kirby
USPO Pennington,S.D
511 N Ellsworth Rd
Box Elder, SD 51719
(+1)605 269 5748

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