419 scam: "Mr.Frank Newman" <mrjonlmark1@gmail.com> Attention

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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:
- "the 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)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "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)
- "a 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: "Mr.Frank Newman" <mrjonlmark1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officefile188@naver.com
Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 06:17:54 -0700
Subject: Attention

Attention

I have very vital information to give to you, but first I must have
your trust before I review it to you because it may cause me my job,so
I need somebody that I can trust for me to be able to

review the secret to you.I am FRANK NEWMAN, head of luggage/baggage
storage facilities at FedEx courier
Operations,Maintenance,Transportation here in Bakersfield Airport
California USA. During my

recent withheld package routine check at the Airport Storage Vault, I
discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat from Africa and when
scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a

Metal Trunk Box weighing

approximately 110kg. The consignment was abandoned because the
Contents of the consignment was not properly declared by the consignee
as one neither it was declared as personal effect to avoid

interrogation and also the inability of the diplomat to pay for the
United States Non Inspection

Charges which are $3,700USD. On my assumption the consignment is still
left in our Storage House here at the Bakersfield International
Airport California till date. The details of the consignment

including your name, your email address and the official documents
from the United Nations office in Geneva are tagged on the Trunk
box.this package contains $10.8Million USD Cash.

However, to enable me confirm if you are the actual recipient of this
consignment as the assistant director of the Inspection Unit, I will
advise you provide your current Phone Number and Full

Address, to enable me cross check if it corresponds with the address
on the official documents including the name of nearest Airport around
your city. Please note that this consignment is supposed

to have been returned to the United States Treasury Department as
unclaimed delivery due to the delays in concluding

the clearance processes so as a result of this, I will not be able to
receive your details on my official email account. So in order to
enable me to cross check your details, I will advise you to

send the required details to my private email address for quick
processing and response. Once I confirm you as the actual recipient of
the trunk box, I can get everything concluded within 48 hours

upon your acceptance and proceed
to your address for delivery.

Lastly, be informed that the reason I have taken it upon myself to
contact you personally about this abandoned consignment is because I
want us to transact this business and share the money 70% for

you and 30% for me since the consignment has not yet been returned to
the United States Treasury Department after being abandoned by the
diplomat so immediately the confirmation is made, I will go

ahead and

pay for the United States Non Inspection Fee of $3,700 dollars and
arrange for the box to be delivered to your doorstep Or I can bring it
by myself to avoid any more trouble but you have to assure

me of my 30% share.I wait to hear from you urgently if you are still
alive and I will appreciate if we can keep this deal confidential.
Please get back to me via my private Email

officefile188@naver.com for further directives: You can call me on my
telephone number and drop a message at Tel: (+1) 760-514-4118
Thank you.
FRANK NEWMAN

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