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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "KENT OXFORD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kentoxford1@mail2world.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:52:03 +0200
Subject: Your Current Shipment(s)

ATLANTIC COURIER MANAGING DIRECTOR.

ATLANTIC USA: +17652520479 +17652520479
ATLANTIC United Kingdom


Customers Service: Monday - Saturdays: Office Hours.

The Atlantic courier Service Company are hereby passing an essential massage to all our valuable customers to be very careful while presenting their receivers residential address to avoid wrong delivery. This is the Atlantic courier Service Company mailing you as per your parcel that was brought to this company to be delivered to you by one Mrs. Alice & Marcia Fert, along the delivery process there came a misunderstanding between you and the Nicon Insurance Company in regard of their request as per their insurance certificate which happens to be course of your parcel pending for the past one year.

Meanwhile we are hereby happy to inform you that the Atlantic courier Service Company has finalized everything with the Nicon Insurance Company of Nigeria as the company organization has also listed 4 valuable parcel's to be intact in their office after the released of the parcel's from the Nicon Insurance Company. We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that valued the sum of $ 2.5 million dollars is among the 4 parcel's listed which is now in our office and also with your name as the receiver despite that we lost your private residential address, which is an indication that you can now re-send a boni-fide address and you diret telephone number where your parcel can be delivered to you without ..

However, our records show that there are outstanding charges to be paid for delivery of one box to our Nigeria facility. the sum of $150 before the incident occurred, know you that this company has spent out of their incomes in the process of recovering back your parcel's so dear sir/madam we once again appreciate your patronage in our favour.

Without hesitations you are to pay the required sum of $150 via Western Union Money Transfer so that your parcel can be delivered to your residential address before it accumulate a demur rage after one week of this notice, as you know your parcel is not just an ordinary parcel but with a huge amount and I think you understand what I mean by accumulating demur rages Which you will not allow to happen to your recovery parcel that was almost gone if not for proper documentation.

Note the total money you are to send $150 You are to comply with this directives as we have a limited time to keep your fund in storage
facility.please reach this office with the evidence of payment of the required charges Forward to me full payment information, that is, MTCN
number. Amount Sent and Sender's Name as shown on the payment receipt after the payment is made.As soon as we received the evidence of payment from you Atlantic courier shipping will provide you with tracking Pin so that you can tracking your package on our website even by you self .

All receipts of payments and relevant documents shall bear the Recipient's name.



PAYMENT INFORMATION OFFICE
=============================
SENDERS NAME--------
RECEIVERS NAME---------- Frank Silver
SENDERS COUNTRY-----
SENDERS ADDRESS------
RECEIVERS COUNTRY---- London, W1K 4AH.
AMOUNT TO BE PAID----- $150
AND ALSO WITH THE CONTROL NUMBER (MTCN)

Atlantic is one of the world's great success stories, the start-up that
revolutionized the delivery of packages and information. In the past
10 years, we've grown up and grown into a diverse family of companies
a Atlantic that's bigger, stronger, better than ever.

WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL.

Mr. KENT OXFORD.
ATLANTIC COURIER MANAGING DIRECTOR..

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