419 scam: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION ENFORCEMENT" <barristerbekkyubank@gmail.com> Your urgent compliance is needed.

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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:
- "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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION ENFORCEMENT" <barristerbekkyubank@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unitedstatescoustoms5@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:35:08 -0700
Subject: Your urgent compliance is needed.

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Attention Beneficiary,

We have been instructed to release your Consignment Box containing the
sum of $3.5 Million US-Dollars that this Unit of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection seized for a long time because the delivery system
was wrong.We tried to reach the Diplomat through the Contact
information he dropped when the fund was initially seized from him,
but we couldn't so we decided to contact you because your name and
email address is attached to the Consignee.

You are very lucky after our investigation last month,we found out
that the source of the fund is genuine because there was no trace of
crime observed.On that note, the US Department of State instructed
that we should release the fund to you in this first quarter of the
year.You are hereby advised to come or send your representative to
this
office to claim your fund immediately.

Your urgent compliance is needed.

Yours faithfully,
Michele James,
Director of field operations.

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