419 scam: "Peter Alexandre Edwin"<peteralexandreedwin@newwortleycc.org> CONSIGNMENT BOXES

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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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "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 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "economic and financial crimes commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447441449910

Fraud email example:

From: "Peter Alexandre Edwin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <captpeteredwin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 22:35:08 -0000
Subject: CONSIGNMENT BOXES

Attn: Beneficiary.

If you've gone through this before, it wasn't me but the wrong people using my credential so please be careful about people or email you received some emails are not officials. You'll need to contact your delivery agent Joseph Bernard Maduka to reconfirm your delivery details to him to avoid any confusion or wrong delivery. It has come to my notice that you are dealing with the wrong officials in the past, please be mindful of who you're dealing with.

Be informed that the Scotland Yard Police, Interpol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI) United States of America, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria and all the African Crime fighter leaders have come together to stop scam/internet fraud in Nigeria and all round Africa.

Our duty is to make sure we stop Internet scam and money laundering.As for this week we have put a lot of fraudsters in jail. We go all over Africa to pick these thieves/Internet rats. We have over 8,273 of them in our jails round Africa and we are still looking for more. We are aware that you've been deceived alot and foreigners out there have been deceived and lost their hard earned money to these fraudsters after promising them such mails like this.

As soon as the delivery is made, you must call me on my direct number so I can give you the code to your boxes. Remember the delivery man doesn't know the contents of your boxes for security reasons. I never let him know he is delivering cash worth $35.5Million United States Dollars ( $35,500,000.00) to you, you need to keep this delivery confidential to people until the delivery is made.

Note that you must call Joseph Bernard Maduka as soon as you receive this email for more discussion: direct line is # +447441449910 .

You are not expected to waste his time because he will make delivery to other beneficiary appointees. Please once you receive your consignment make sure you sign the receive documents to prove your satisfaction and call me for your authentication Code.

Congratulations,

Best Regards,

Peter Anthony Edwin
Head Officer-in-Charge
United Nations
Administrative Service Inspection Unit

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