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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: Crowns Courier <crowns_deliveryservice@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 03:58:29 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: COURIER DELIVERY OPTIONS FOR FAST DELIVERY..



WELCOME TO CROWN COURIER PLC***


7th Of March 2006
CROWN COURIER PLC.
Unit 11, Ashford Industrial Estate,
Shield Road, Ashford, Middlesex,
TW15 1AU, London .
United Kingdom .
Tel: +447024070039




REG ORDER No:CRC/002844765.

Attention: Mathild Vogst ,

Thank you for writing to us. We are delighted to hear from you. We are glad to inform you that you have a package in our care, which was handed over to us by your lottery promotion .

In this regards you are therefore required to select the most convenient of the Four Options of delivery below:

Also,you are required to send to us as soon as possible,these few information below:

(1.)The delivery option which you've choosen.
(2.)Attach a scanned copy of either your driver's licence, international passport (photo page) or any other legally identifying document and send to us for identification purposes.

Options:Courier of your winnings to you via any of the channels listed below:

GOLD DELIVERY
Gold special delivery
Max Delivery Duration 24hrs
Mailing /freight cost £217.99
Fuel Surcharge £ 7.55
Insurance £310.98
Vat(5%) £36.83
TOTAL £573.35 GBP.


SILVER DELIVERY
Max delivery Duration 2 days,
Mailing freight cost £200.99
Fuel surcharge £6.01
Insurance £210.98
Vat (5%) £35.40
TOTAL £453.38 GBP.



BRONZE DELIVERY
Max Delivery Duration 3 days.
Mailing /freight cost £100.10
Fuel Surcharge £ 5.00
Insurance £160.98
Vat(5%) £34.80
TOTAL 300.88 GPB.


ACTION DELIVERY
Max Delivery Duration 4 days.
Mailing /freight cost £100.10
Fuel surcharge £5.00
Insurance £120.98
Vat(5%) £24.80
TOTAL £250.88 GBP.




We sincerely hope the above information is helpful to you and I would like to thank you for giving us this opportunity to serve your needs. Should you have any further queries, feel free to write to us. Until we hear from you again, take care!

Note: This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your package is delivered to you .

Please respond to this email by making a selection from the four options
Above in reciept of your mail you will be directed on how the payment should be sent to us.

* Finally, be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is exactly five working day after the receipt of this email. After this time, your package will be returned to the lottery company.

Congratulations once again and have a nice day.

Yours faithfully,
(Rev.) Hanson woods.
Your Friendly Customer Care Service.

@ CROWN COURIER WE YOU THE BEST SERVICES.....

Domestic road Freight service
International Courier
Seafreight and European road



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