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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: "CAREEN K." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.u@fastservice.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:45:19 +0430
Subject: YOUR CHEQUE DELIVERY (VERY URGENT)!

Hello My Dear,

Greetings to you. I believe this mail will reach you in good health. I am also sure this message will be coming to you as a surprise since we have never met before. I saw your profile on the Internet, Which has made ??me Accomplish my request. May the Almighty God bless and see you through with this mission.

Before I move Further, permit me to give you a little of my biography, I am Mother Mrs. Careen Keith, 87 Years old woman and the wife of Late Sir Keith Aber WHO Died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while They Were flying from New York to Geneva. Please see site below for more information:
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

After the death of my husband I Became the Head of the His investment and Now That I am old and weak I have decided to spend the rest of my life in my Ranch before i finally leave the world, but before the death of my husband we snake and plan to use the last days of our lives to donate half of what we have worked for to the less privilege and charity homes and the other half for Ourselves, family members and close friends, and it is so Unfortunate That my husband is not alive today it do this with me and I am very weak and old now, Henco I have decided to do this Philanthropic work on behalf of my late husband.

Presently, I have willed out Almost half of our assets to charity Several homes and That some of the less privilege in different Countries. Despite the agreement Between my late husband and I to give aid to the deprived, we Also Agreed to render support to an Individual we have not meet before in life due to the Fact When We Were still young in life we receive an anonymous help from an Individual we did not know and Which we have not being Able to know till date, the impact we got from droughts gesture made ??us to do the same. I am sorry to inform you That you will never have the chance to know me because i have just concluded the assignment Which my husband and I have Agreed upon before the His sudden death and you happened to be the Beneficiary of our last WILL, Henco I need you to do me a favor by Accepting our offer.

I deposited some fund in the sum of £ 680,000.00 GBP (Six Hundred and Eighty Thousand Great British Pounds) with Fastway UK COURIER four weeks ago Deliver it to you, but i was very ill so I Could not send you an email Until today. What you have to do now is to contact the Fastway COURIER SERVICE UK as soon as Possible to Know When They Will Deliver your package to you. For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance Premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing That it is not a Drug Money or Meant To sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country. You have to contact the Fastway UK COURIER SERVICE now for the delivery of your Cheque with this information below:

Contact Person: Mr. Andrew Lane (General Manager)
Telephone: +447011150741
Contact E-mail: info.e@fastservice.com

Again, the only money you are Expected to pay is £ 360 GBP (Three Hundred and Sixty Great British Pounds) to Fastway Courier UK for keeping the security of the Cheque so far. You are not to pay for the delivering Charge, the Insurance Premium and the Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque Because I have already paid Them. I would have paid the security keeping fee but the Fastway Courier Company insisted That I should not Because They Do Not Know When You Will Be Contacting Them and Avoid it or demurrage Further cost. You are to reconfirm the below information to Avoid Them That any mistake on the Delivery:

1st Complete contact address Where you want the Cheque Delivered to you:
2nd Your Full Names:
3rd Direct telephone number:

Here is keeping the security code (SCT / 0433 / F) of your Cheque, you are to send Also it's Fastway Courier Company When Contacting Theme by email for verification before delivery. Please, try to contact them.chec as soon as you receive this mail to Avoid Further any delay. Be Also Notified That I will no longer be reading my emails or surfing the internet and I have retired Completely from the outside world to my ranch, at this moment I have nothing to do with cars, emails and other luxuries, all Further correspondence should be Forwarded to the Fastway Courier Company for the delivery of your Cheque to you.

Note: I do not want you to thank me or my late husband, all I need you to do When you get this fund, use ONLY £ 380,000.00 British Pounds for your Commitments / project and the rest of THIS FUNDS FOR CHARITY PURPOSE in the way That it will please HUMANITY.

Please contact Mr. Andrew Lane immediately with your completed address, full name, phone number, keeping the security code and ask HIM to tell you how you will send the Expected of amount of.

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Careen Keith.

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