We received the following scam warning from one of our readers (Joseph). Thanks for sending it in Joseph, and let's hope it helps others avoid this scam.

Joseph has been receiving numerous e-mails from this same person, he forwarded the two examples below. Note the "From" e-mail address has the word "ambasador" spelled incorrectly. That is the first sign of a scam. Never reply to an unsolicited e-mail from someone you do not know asking for private or personal information!

Here are the example scam e-mails:

FROM THE DIPLOMAT WITH YOUR PARCEL CALL ME AT NEW JERSEY UNITED STATES
973-878-0466‏ From: DIPLOMAT ADAMS FRANK (ambasadorfrankadams at yahoo.com) You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as unsafe Sent: February 20, 2008 9:25:57 AM To: [snip - removed]

Dear John
I am diplomat Frank Adams, I was directed to deliver this consignment to
you, I am in airport now and I have been called your phone number but it
wasn’t going through. Please do send me your house description and
your new phone number where I can reach you because I have other people's
consignment with me here. Please call me 973-878-0466 now at Newark New
jersey
Regards,

Dr Frank Adams

2nd scam e-mail:

RE: FROM THE DIPLOMAT WITH YOUR PARCEL CALL ME AT NEW JERSEY UNITED STATES
973-878-0466‏ From: DIPLOMAT ADAMS FRANK (ambasadorfrankadams at yahoo.com) Sent: February 20, 2008 3:44:02 PM To: [snip - removed recipient information]
Dear Thanks for your response , i am now at New jersey USA and trying
to book airline with US airways , i arrived last night and will be
departing as soon as i get flight ticket to your destination but i have a
little problem as i used all the money with me last night for hotel as i
was unable to locate you , the air ticket now will cost $430 as US
airways will depart today , please i will advice you to send me the little
fee to buy air ticket i will be glad to hear from you
Regards,

Dr Frank Adams

The first e-mail above attempts to cause confusion by not clearly stating what this person's intent reall is. They want you to reply with your personal contact information so they can then attempt to further the scam.

In the second e-mail they go as far as to ask for money to help them out. Again, not clearly stating any real reason for their contact with you.

The scam attempts to portray a sense of authority by using terms like "diplomat" and "ambassador". We cannot stress this enough, if you receive an e-mail like this, either delete it or report it to your ISP as a Phishing scam. Some ISP e-mail programs have a flag/button right on the page where you can report scams like this.

Thanks again Joseph for the warning!