419 scam: "Pastor Martin Niemöller"<davmore11@hotmail.com> Contact Mr Hollintin Cravaz for your Bank Draft Worth $2,100,000.00

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "security keeping fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "cheques " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Pastor Martin Niemöller" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Ups@overklockningssidan.se>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:28:39 -0600
Subject: Contact Mr Hollintin Cravaz for your Bank Draft Worth $2,100,000.00

Dear Customer

We have waited so long for you to contact us for your Confirmed Package
that is registered with us for shipping to your residential location.We
had thought that your sender gave you our contact details.It may interest
you to know that a letter is also added to your package.However, we cannot
quote its content to you via email for privacy reasons.

We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft
worth of $2,100,000.00 USD (Two Million,One Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars), UPS Company do not ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES but
Bank Drafts are shippable.The package is registered with us for mailing by
your colleague, and your colleague explained that he is from the United
States but he is here in West Africa for a three (3)months Surveying
Project as he works with a consultant firm in West Africa Nigeria. We are
sending you this email because your package is been registered on a
Special Order.

What you have to do now, is to contact our Delivery Department for
immediate dispatch of your package to your residencial address.Note that
as soon as our Delivery Team confirm your information, it will take only
one working day (24 hours) for your package to arrive it's designated
destination.For your information, the VAT & Shipping charges as well as
Insurance fees have been paid for by your colleague before your package
was registered.Note that the payment that is made on the Insurance,
Premium & Clearance Certificates, are to certify that the Bank Draft is
not a Drug Affiliated Fund (DAF) neither is it funds to sponsor Terrorism
in your country. This will help you avoid any form of query from the
Monetary Authority of your country.

However, you will have to pay the sum of $280 USD to the UPS Express
Department being full payment for the Security Keeping Fee of the UPS
Delivery company as stated in our privacy terms & condition page. Also be
informed that your colleague wished to pay for the Security Keeping fee,
but we do not accept such payment considering the facts that all items &
package that are registered with us have a time limitation and we cannot
accept payment not knowing when you will be contacting us for your package
or even responding to us.So we cannot take the risk to have accepted such
payment incase of any possible demurrage.Kindly note that your colleague
did not leave us with any further information.We hope that you respond to
us as soon as possible because if you fail to respond until the expiry
date of your package,we may refer the package to the UN office.
Kindly contact the delivery department ( UPS Express Post) with the
details given below:

UPS Express Online Delivery Post
Dispatch Manager: Hollintin Cravaz
Email:Ups@overklockningssidan.se
Phone Number: +234 230 73 299

Kindly complete the below form and send it to the email address given
above.This is mandatory to reconfirm your Postal address and telephone
numbers.

FULL NAMES:
TELEPHONE:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:

Kindly complete the above form and submit it to the delivery manager
on:Email: Ups@overklockningssidan.se

As soon as your details are received, our delivery team will give you the
neccessary payment procedure so that you can effect the payment for the
Security Keeping Fee. As soon as they confirm your payment receipt of $280
USD, they will not hesitate to dispatch your package as well as the
attahced letter to your residence. It usually takes 24 hours being an
overnight delivery service. Note that we were not instructed to email you,
but due to the high priority of your package we had to inform you as your
sender did not leave us with his phone number because he stated that he
just arrived West Africa and he hasn't fix his phone yet. We indeed
personally sealed your Bank Draft and we found your email contact in the
receivers column as the recipient of the foremost package.

Ensure to contact the delivery department with the email address given
above and ensure to fill the above form as well to enable a successful
reconfirmation. Do not reply this email because this email account is not
monitored.Send your details to: Ups@overklockningssidan.se

Yours Faithfully,

Pastor Martin Niemöller
UPS Express Online Team Management.
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