419 scam: JAMES ROBERTS JR <m.transferoffice41@gmail.com> INTERNATIONAL POLICE UNITED STATES SECTION

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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:
- "certificate fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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)
- "million united state 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)
- "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.
- jrobertsjr037@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: JAMES ROBERTS JR <m.transferoffice41@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jrobertsjr037@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2020 22:30:35 -0800
Subject: INTERNATIONAL POLICE UNITED STATES SECTION

INTERNATIONAL POLICE UNITED STATES SECTION
Region No. 2 New York City
P.O. Box 804 Knickerbockers Station
New York City, New York 10002-0804 USA

Attention:

We, office of the international police hereby write to inform you that we
caught a diplomatic called Eric Brown at John F Kennedy International
Airport here in New York with ATM Card worth of $12.5Million united state
dollars.

Meanwhile, base on our interview to the diplomat he said that the package
belongs to you, that he was sent by Mrs. Cynthia Daniel, to deliver the
package to your doorstep not knowing that the content of the package is
ATM Card. The diplomat also said that his first transit in the state was
at Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport Ohio..

Now, the diplomat is under detention in the office of security, and we
cannot release him until we carry out our proper investigation on how this
huge amount of money managed to be yours before we will release him with
the package. In this regards you are to reassure and prove to us that the
money you are about to receive is legal by sending us the Award Ownership
Certificate showing that the money in the ATM card is not illegal.

Note, that the Award Ownership Certificate must to be secured from the
office of the Federal ministry of justice, because that is the only office
that will issue you the original Award Ownership Certificate of this fund.

You are advised to forward immediately the Award Ownership Certificate if
you have it with you, but if you did not have it we will urgent you to pay
the sum of $50 iTunes Card if at all you did not have it.

Furthermore, we are giving you only but 3 working business days to forward
the requested Award Ownership Certificate fee if you don't have it. Please
note that we shall get back to you after the 3 working business days, that
if you didnâ€™t come up with the certificate we shall confiscate the ATM Card
but if you forward the Award Ownership Certificate then we will release The
diplomat with your ATM Card package.

Thanks for your understanding, co-operation and continued patronage.
Reply to: jrobertsjr037@gmail.com
Yours Truly,
I.P.A REGION NO:2
THANKS.
JAMES ROBERTS JR

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