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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: "MRS. MARIA TURNAL."<diplomatic01@mcom.com>
Reply-To: <mola_nag1@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2009 09:05:03 -0700
Subject: Your parcel is With the Courier Service .... Contact Immediately

Greetings!!!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $500, 000, 00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) but I did not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now. Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to the date of expire and Dr. Wilson the Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire.

So I told him to cash the $500,000,00 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for a 11 Months Course and I will not come back till Ending of NOVEMBER 2009.

Further more I want you to use this fund for the support of God work and also for you to help the poor once among you, so this is why I have handover this parcel/ you fund to Mr. Collins Douglas and as soon as you contact him you will have to pay the sum of $100 for Security up keeping of your parcel and I want you to know that this fund is from the Catholic Church to support the world.

What you have to do now is to contact PARCEL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment to you because of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium.

The only money you will send to the PARCEL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($100USD) only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.

Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $100USD ONLY.

I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to contact the PARCEL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES now for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow;

Directors Name: MR. COLLINS DOUGLAS.
Company’s Name: PARCEL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES
E-mail: mola_nag1@yahoo.co.jp

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there, that will be after you paid the Security Keeping Fee and when it will get to your address. Let me repeat again, Try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail and ask them how you will make the security fee of $100USD to them to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $100USD for their immediate action.

1, Full Name:............
2, Address of Residence:..........
3, country from:..................
4, Telephone Number:.................
5, Occupation:....................
6, Age:.........................

Note this. The PARCEL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES don't know the contents of the Box.

I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. They did not know the content was money? This is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don’t let them Know that box contents is money okay.

Yours Faithfully,
MRS. MARIA TURNAL.

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