419 scam: "Mother. Angelina Keith" <dhlgaint@hotmail.com> CONTACT THE DHL SERVICES

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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. )
- "certificate 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. )
- "are expected to pay " (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. )
- "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)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "cheque " (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 next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- dhlgaint@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mother. Angelina Keith" <dhlgaint@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:36:24 +0200
Subject: CONTACT THE DHL SERVICES

My Dear,

I hope that I am not embarrassing you with this mail because
you did not expect it or know me before. But kindly be rest
assured that I have irresistible urge to write it believe me, the
mail is an indication of love to you and happiness I shall always
wish you.

Before I move further, permit me to give you a little of my
biography, I am Mother Angelina Keith, 87 Years old woman and the
wife of Late Sir Abery Keith who died in a Plane crash on Monday
the 7th of September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from
New York to Geneva. Please see site below for more information.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

After the death of my husband I became the Head of his investment
and now that I am old and weak I have decided to spend the rest of
my life in my Ranch before i finally leave the world, but before
the death of my husband we had a plan to use the last days of our
lives to donate half of what we have worked for to the less
privilege and charity homes and the other half for ourselves,
family members and close friends, and it is so unfortunate that my
husband is not alive today to do this with me and I am very weak
and old now, hence I have decided to do this philanthropic work on
behalf of my late husband.

Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several
charity homes and to some of the less privilege in different
countries. Despite the agreement between my late husband and I to
give aid to the deprived, we also agreed to render support to an
individual we have not meet before in life due to the fact when
we were still young in life we receive an anonymous help from an
individual we did not know and which we have not being able to
know till date, the impact we got from such gesture made us to do
same.

I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to
know me because I have just concluded the assignment which my
husband and I have agreed upon before his sudden death and you
happened to be the beneficiary of our last WILL, hence I need you
to do me a favor by accepting our offer.

I deposited a box that contains the sum of 2,800,000.00 (Two
Million Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds) with DHL USA four
weeks ago to deliver to you, but i was very ill so i could not
send you an email until today. what you have to do now is to
contact the DHL COURIER SERVICE USA as soon as possible to know
when they will deliver your package to you.

For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge,
Insurance Premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the money
showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist
attack in your Country, the box can not be opened or touched by
anybody except you because of the insurance bond from the British
crown court, the insurance bond is a legal document bonding your
fund, it can not be touched or opened by any person apart from
you.

You have to contact the DHL COURIER SERVICE now for the delivery
of your money with this information bellow;
This is the Agent Assigned to this cheque.

Contact Person: Mr.victor wisy
Email Address: dhlgaint@gmail.com
Phone: 8824055248

Again, you are not to pay for the delivering Charge, the Insurance
premium and the Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque because I
have already paid for them, the only money you are expected to pay
is 140$ American dollars for the security keeping of the cheque so
far.

I would have paid the fee but the company insisted that I should
not because they don't know when you will be contacting them and
to avoid demurring or further cost. You are to reconfirm the below
information to them to avoid any mistake on the Delivery.

Full Names
Delivery Address
Direct telephone number

Below is the security keeping code: (VCTO/0934/OLWA) of you draft,
you are to also present it to them for verification before
delivery.

Please, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to
avoid any further delay.
Be also notified that I will no longer be reading my emails or
surfing the internet as I have retired completely from the outside
world to my ranch, at this moment I have nothing to do with cars,
emails and other luxuries, all further correspondence should be
forwarded to the courier company for the delivery of your cheque
to you.

Yours Faithfully,
Mother. Angelina Keith

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