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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: TNT COURIER SERVICES <tntuksection@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 21:31:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: COURIER COST/OPTIONS FOR WINNING ORDER #T562725



ATTENTION:Mr Loring Ehrlichstein,





This is to inform you that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

The original copy of this certificate from UK NATIONAL LOTTERY/BRITISH GOVERNMENT and your winnings will be couriered to you or your bank immediately as soon as you effect payment for any of the options selected

You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you either in Cash/Cheque. With regards to this, there are three options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of the three.The options, together with their associated conditions
are presented below:

OPTIONS:
Courier of your winning draft to you via any of this
channel listed below:

Option:1
TNT EXPRESS DELIVERY (Overnight)
Mailing.................................£105.00
Insurance.............................£430.00
Vat (5%)................................ £034.75
TOTAL...................................£569.75====OR====$978.35


Option:2
TNT PREMIUM SERVICE(2working days)
Mailing;................................£75.00
Insurance.............................£350.00
Vat (5%)................................£038.95
TOTAL..................................£463.95====OR====$796.87


Option:3
TNT REGULAR SERVICE(4working days)
Mailing ;...............................£60.00
Insurance.............................£300.00
Vat (5%)................................£019.00
TOTAL..................................£379.00====OR====$650.96


The insurance company declined reverse payment for the courier, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the draft to you. That if a reverse payment is made, and something goes wrong, that we/you cannot sue the courier company or insurance company to recover the full value of the fund as stipulated in the draft since payment for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing.
With the above reason, reverse payment is ruled out.Forward the cost of mailing your draft with any of the courier channel cost you choose above to us.

Note that your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy by LLOYD'S INSURANCE COMPANY UK, which makes it impossible for us to deduct any amount from your winnings before it is Remitted to you.
This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your prize is transferred to you.

Please respond to this email by making a selection
from the courier options above.

Also attach a scanned copy of either your driver's
license, international passport (photo page) or any other
legally identifying document(Optional) while sending your option
to us.

Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of your
winnings is exactly 10 days after the receipt of this email.
After this period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be re-used in the drawings of the next edition of the promotion.

Good luck and Congratulations once again. Please send
your response within the next 24hrs to this same email address.

Regards,





MR GARY REDKNAPP
TNT COURIER SERVICE
(DISPATCH OFFICER)

www.tnt.com
TEL1: +447011121792
TEL2: +447024074352
FAX : +448704787844





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