419 scam: "Mr. Sam Kelly."<info@lee.net> Contact Mr. Francis Williams For Your Package Shipment.

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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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "diplomatic agent" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "contact 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.
- franciswilliams1912@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Sam Kelly." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agentfranciswilliams021@citromail.hu>
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2022 04:24:00 -0800
Subject: Contact Mr. Francis Williams For Your Package Shipment.

Attention: Dear Beneficiary,

I am Mr. Sam Kelly, Ministry Of Foreign Affairs & Regional Integration here in Kampala Capital City of Uganda, A delivery agent by name Mr. Fred Martins came down last week from your country with a package that contained ATM Visa Card Lottery Compensation Funds worth of $5,500.000.00 (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) and he submitted the package to my office on his arrival for safe keeping and later his body was found dead in a ghastly auto crash in the city. Then we decided to send the package back to your country in the USA via diplomatic services because theres no other way to locate you in respect to this package.

And the only information we have about you is your email address/ your name which he wrote somewhere in a document attached to the package, thats why we are sending this email to confirm if you are the rightful owner of the ATM Visa Card for you to contact the diplomatic agent who just arrived in your country with the ATM Visa Card package a while ago. So kindly contact the agent with this information below for more instructions.

Contact Person: Mr. Francis Williams (Diplomatic Agent)

Email: ( franciswilliams1912@gmail.com )

Telephone Number: (214) 585-5005

Therefore you are required to re-confirm your personal information as stated below to enable the agent to complete his delivery to your designated home address safely and I wait for your update once you contact the diplomat.

(1) Full Name:......................

(2) Country/State/ City Name:....................

(3) Delivery Address:..................

(4) Occupation:..............................

(5) Marital Status/Sex/Age:................................

(6) Telephone Number:.......................

(7) A Copy of Your Passport/ Drivers Licenses:...............

But remember that the only document you are required to obtain is INTERNATIONAL CLEARING PERMITS (ICP) from the custom, after you have provided your personal information stated above and it will cost you a sum of US$299.50cent only.

Best Regards.

Mr. Sam Kelly.

Ministry Of Foreign Affairs.

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