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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 ELIZABETH DONNEL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unitedparcel_services@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:19:03 -0800
Subject: CLAIM NOTIFICATION : CONTACT THE MR ADE JONES OF THE UPS DELIVERY FOR THE BOX





Good Day,

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $990,000,00 (Nine hundred and Ninety nine thousand) United States 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 expiration / stalement and Dr. Wilson the
Director United Bank for Africa told me that before the draft will get to your hand
that it will expire.


So I told him to cash the $990, 000, 00 USD to cash payment to avoid loosing this fund under expiration as I will be Out of the country today for a 6 Months Course and make it into an international certified bank draft for you which Will be only that can cash it when it gets to you and renew its stalement date to at least 10 working days before
Expiration.


What you have to do now is to contact UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS) DELIVERY COURIER SERVICES there 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 and Insurance premium.



So right now the only money you will send to the UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS) to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($85 USD) only being for the Security Keeping Fee only of the Courier Company so far.

Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except ($85) US Dollars
for the Security Keeping Fee as being inquired from you by the UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS) for security purpose.

I want you to note that I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of DUMMERAGE.

You have to contact UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS) now for the delivery of your BOX with this information below and send to them the $85 for the security fee also in your email to them in response ;

THIS IS THE CONTACT ADDRESS OF THE DELIVERY SERVERICE AND PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE TRANSACTION BELOW.

CONTROLLER OF UPS DESPATCH UNIT ...MR ADE JONES

COMPANY'S NAME: .........................................................UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS) WORLDWIDE NIGERIA

EMAIL ADRESS:.................................. (unitedparcel_services@hotmail.com)

TELEPHONE NUMBER:.......................................... +234-70-2690-7119

CONTACT MR ADE JONES OF THE UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS) WITH YOUR FULL PERSONAL INFORMATION BELOW AND THE PAYMENT
REQUIREMENT OF THE SECURITY KEEPING FEE OF $85 DIRECTLY.



1, Your Full Name..................................................................

2,) Address of Residence:............................................................

3,) Your country................................................................

4,) Telephone Number:...........................................................

5,)Occupation...................................................................

6,)Age/status/sex:........................................................


Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your delivery 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 immediately you have sent the $85 (eighty five dollars ) to them and know when it will
get to your address immediately when you have sent them the $85 as soon as you receive this email.

Let me repeat this again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of ($85) US Dollars for their immediate action to getting this confidential parcel to you.

You are to forward the payment of $85 for the security keeping fees of your package to them also with the below information to making the payment with: So go ahead and make the payment across to the through western union money transfer or using money gram money transfer in the name of their (UPS) accounting officer MR JOHN MARK and send to
them (UPS) the reference number / mtcn code of the payment of the $85 with the information / channel of payment below to their email as you respond to them immediately.



PAYMENT METHOD: WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER.


1. Receiver Name: Mr. John Mark

2 .Receiver Address: 133 cliff road Victoria island, Abuja .Nigeria

3. Text Question: what is the colour

4. Text Answer: purple

5. MTCN / REFERENCE NUMBER (8 or 10 digit number):........................

6. Amount to send to them: $85 only



Note: The $85 is the only money required of you to pay them as I have paid for the delivery fee, please inform me as soon as you get your box after I must have been back from my 6month course.

NOTE THAT THE UNITED PARCEL SERVICE (UPS) doesn’t know the contents of the Box. I registered it as a BOX of African clothes. They did not know the content is money.

This is to avoid them delaying with the BOX.

Don't let them know that box contains money for yours confidential interest and benefits in this transaction.

They are waiting for your urgent response as soon as possible today.

CONTACT MR ADE JONES OF THE UPS TODAY WITH THE INFO BELOW FOR THE BOX


Sincerely
Your friend / sister
Mrs.ELIZABETH DONNEL

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