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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: "UPS Nigeria"<info@begdili.com.tr>
Reply-To: upsnigeria@qq.com
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:58:14 +0100
Subject: UNCLAIMED PARCEL NOTICE!

Attention Recipient

This email is coming to you as a constant reminder concerning your pending package which has been held up in our overseas custody in the United State. The Package contains an international certify Bank Draft in your favour and in the amount of $2,850,000.00 (Two Million, Eight Hundred And Fifty Thousand) us dollars only and an attached covering letter.

The package left Lagos-Nigeria on October 2013. It has been held up at Pine Bluff, AR, USA awaiting clearance and redirection after two (2) unsuccessful delivery attempts to your residential address. To track the availability of your package, go to www.ups.com/tracking and insert the tracking number below to view delivery status.

WWW.UPS.COM
TRACKING NUMBER: 1Z9575R2P297341747

You are hereby advised to provide and reconfirm your delivery address so we can immediately re-issue the (Air) Waybill for the clearance and redirection of the parcel to your exert address. You are advised to contact us as the designated recipient on the (Air) Waybill as soon as possible for clearance and delivery reschedule. Do confirm and provide us with your exact recipient delivery address.

FULL NAMES:
TELEPHONE:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
ZIP CODE
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:

Note that if you fail to provide the information within a reasonable time as UPS may determine in view of the financial instrument enclosed, the package will be considered undeliverable as the parcel does not have a return address and may be refer to the commission for warfare. For the avoidance of doubt,UPS assumes no responsibility for its inability to complete a delivery due to incorrect and incomplete recipient's address whether or not it attempts to notify the recipient. This is our third and final notice in respect of the above subject matter. Please note that clearance and redirection requirement fees will be $180 US Dollars only. For urgent response, Please E-mail us or call the below 24 hours service line for assistance.

E-mail: fillinsolamide@ups-nigeria.com

Thank you
Mr. Fillins Olamide.
UPS Online Management Team.
All rights reserved. © UPS 1995-2014

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