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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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Fraud email example:

From: Elite Courier Service <elitecouriers01@admin.in.th>
Reply-To: <deliveryunit@admin.in.th>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:05:13 +0000
Subject: =?windows-1256?Q?{UK/RC/09/?= =?windows-1256?B?MDAyNDB9/v7+?=



Welcome to Elite Courier
Services
2 Lowes Hill, Ripley, DE5 3DW
United
Kingdom.
TELL: +44 70457 40889.

Complement of the day,

We officially inform you that your
winnings Cheque of £1,000.000.00GBP from Microsoft Lottery Board is with us and
ready to be couriered to you.

Your email address was selected by their
Electronic Random Selection System (ERSS) from an exclusive list of 30,000,000
e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies generated from an internet
resource database. No tickets were sold,and we are the affiliated courier
company in charge of the delivery.

It is the usual practice of our
organization to conduct a proper verification of all parcels that we are to
deliver to ensure that they are valid. Be rest assured that your Cheque has been
confirmed valid and true.

Please Note: You will have to pay
for the delivery fee of ($255 USD) before the delivery can commence Note: The
charges cannot be deducted from your winnings,this is in accordance with section
13 (1) (n) of the National Gambling Act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3rd
July 1996 by the constitutional assembly. This is to protect winners and to
avoid misappropriation of funds.

Get back to us for further
instruction on how the delivery fee can be paid so as to enable us place your
parcel on delivery to your destination.

Yours In Service,
Mr.Fred
Marcus( Dispatch Officer)
ELITE COURIER SERVICE
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