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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: "John Walters" <deliveryservices@alphaexworld.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 07:55:39 +0000
Subject: Parcel number AEX97451

Dear customer,

Good day to you. This is to inform you that we are in possession of certain
documents and certified cheques which are to be couriered to you. You are to
please confirm your mailing address to enable us dispatch your parcel
immediately.

Note that we also do not deliver to P.O.Box address or street corners but to
your residence. We are a well established company offering courier and
transport services 24 hour a day for priority delivery of letters, parcels
and consignments to any destination. Alpha Express Deliveries with its high
security storage and network of affiliate security partners and agents
around the world provide you with storage and specialized courier services
through which you could send high quality goods like precious stones, art
crafts and classified commodities to any part of the world.

Your Parcel number is AEX97451. Description of parcel to be delivered:

An original certificate of weight :-------------0.15kg
Bonded draft of weight :-------------0.17kg
Total weight of parcel :-------------0.32kg
Colour of Parcel :-------------Brown

Delivery Destination:
Name: Pascale vazeille
Address: Not confirmed

We do not operate on COD. Below are the mandatory administrative charges
that you required to pay to enable us courier your certificate of winnings
as well as your certified bank cheques to you:

Courier charges...............................75.00 Pounds
Administrative ..............................110.00 Pounds
Insurance ............................... 220.00 Pounds
TOTAL 405.00 Pounds (785.40USDollars)

The charges are a little high because of the insurance cover we have
undertaken incase of loss, damage or theft of your highly sensitive document
before it gets to you. We assume all responsibilities incase of any
eventualities.

You are to make the payment through Money Gram money Transfer so as to speed
up the process of delivery. You are to locate the nearest money gram agent
to you and make the payment in the name of our accounts officer below:

Mr Lawrence Yolelo
3-4 Abbey Orchard Street, Westminster, SW1P 2JJ

You are to fax this office a copy of the transfer slip. If you do not have a
fax machine, just send the following information via email as they appear on
the money gram transfer slip:

1.Name and address of sender
2.Amount sent
3.Reference number

You are to send a copy of the evidence of payment to your handling agent as
well for confirmation. A receipt of the above payment will be couriered to
you from our office, along with your winning cheques and certificate.

As soon as we receive confirmation of your address and evidence of payment
of the above charges, we will dispatch your documents immediately. The date
and time of departure and expected date of delivery will be sent to you. It
will take less than fourty eight hours to get your document to you. You will
be required to sign for the parcel personally. You will be required to
present a copy of your international passport or your driver's license as
identification.

All orders not delivered within Five(5) working days from this communication
will be returned as unclaimed.

We are glad to be of service to you.

Mr John Walters
Customer service
Alpha Express delivery services
3-4 Abbey Orchard Street, Westminster, SW1P 2JJ
Phone:+44-207-060-0353
Fax :+44-870-831-0812

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"Alpha Express" "Alpha Private Bank" are registered and copyright trade
marks of :- Alpha Private bank. / Alpha Express Ltd.
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This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may be
legally privileged and are solely for the individual or entity to whom they
are addressed.If you have received this e-mail in error please delete this
message and any attachment files, or contact Alpha Express Worldwide. on
Tel: +(44) 2070600353 . All business is transacted under our Standard
Trading Terms and Conditions a copy of which is available upon request . All
liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law


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