419 scam: "MRS. CHRISTAINA MORGAN"<jon@nameserver-g.com> CONTACT CRANSTALL COURIER SERVICE FOR YOUR CONSIGNMENT

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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.
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:
- "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. )
- "consignment " (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)
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- parcelcollectionpoint.kuffo@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. CHRISTAINA MORGAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <parcelcollectionpoint.kuffo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:07:45 -0800
Subject: CONTACT CRANSTALL COURIER SERVICE FOR YOUR CONSIGNMENT

Greetings & Compliment of the Season to you!!!

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 so Dr. James the Director Bank of London told me that it will take up to (20 working days) before the draft will expire, as I will be out of the country for a Six (10) Months Course and I will not come back till Ending of OCTOBER 2011.

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 to DR. JOHN KUFFO, that once you contact him you will have to pay only the sum of $120 for Security up keeping of your parcel and I want you to know that this fund is from the Christian Home to support the world.

What you have to do now is to contact CRANSTALL PARCEL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your Bank Draft 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 CRANSTALL PARCEL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($120USD) only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.

Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $120USD 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 CRANSTALL PARCEL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES now for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow;

Directors Name: DR. JOHN KUFFO
Company's Name: CRANSTALL PARCEL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES
E-mail: (parcelcollectionpoint.kuffo@gmail.com)
TEL: 0112347088437404

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 is after you paid the Security Keeping Fee to enable you know 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 are to send the security fee of $120USD to them to avoid any further delay.

For the Courier System to Deliver, Provide your full home/office address below;
Receiver Name........................................... Address...............................................
Postal Code.............................................. City..................................................
State/Province............................................ Country..............................................
Direct Cell Phone Number .................................

Note this. The CRANSTALL PARCEL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES don't know the content of the Box. I registered it as a BOX of London Cloths. They did not know the content was money? This is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. So don't let them Know the content of the box is money okay.

WARNING!
Do not tell people about this fund until it is successfully delivered to you to avoid doubt that may arise from double claim. You may also receive similar e-mails from people portraying to be other delivery courier service solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over the fund so be careful.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. CHRISTAINA MORGAN

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