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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: TNT COURIER SERVICE <tntcourier_tntcourier@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:52:35 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Urgent Update!!




25/06/2007
Reg order #:562725
ATTENTION:Raynard Deckerstein,


In response to you email you are to select an option below to complete this claims process and your parcel will be sent to you.


You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you. With regards to this, there are two options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of the two.

The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:

OPTION 1:

Courier of your winning draft to you via any of this channel listed below:

EXPRESS DELIVERY(24 Hours)Delivery channel.
Mailing &n bsp;...........................£205.00
Insurance..................................£250.00
Vat (5%)...................................£044.75
TOTAL........................................£499.75

PREMIUM SERVICE(2working days)Delivery channel.
Mailing &n bsp;...........................£189.00
Insurance..................................£150.00
Vat (5%)...................................£038.95
TOTAL........................................£377.95

REGULAR SERVICE(3working days)Delivery channel.
Mailing ;......................................£130.00
Insurance...................................£150.00
Vat (5%)....................................£019.00
TOTAL.........................................£299.00

The insurance company declined reverse payment for the courier, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the draft to you.

That if a reverse payment is made, and something goes wrong, that we/you cannot sue the courier company or insurance company to recover the full value of the fund as stipulated in the draft since payment for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing.

With the above reason, reverse payment is ruled out.Forward the cost of mailing your draft with any of the courier channel cost you choose above to us.

OPTION 2:

COST OF BANK TRANSFER
Condition: The cost of COT (commission of transfer) being charged by our transferring bank, which is (£1,200 GBP)==(2,398.00 USD)of the cash being transferred will be paid by you(winner).

Note that your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy by ECO TRUST INSURANCE COMPANY, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it has been remitted to you.

This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your prize is transferred to you.

A scanned copy of either your driver's licence, international passport or any other legally identifying document will be needed upon delivery to you.

Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is exactly two weeks after the receipt of this email. After this period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be reused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.

Good luck and Congratulations once again.

Please send your response within the next 24hrs to this same email address.

Thank you
Mr.Ken Bill(dispatch officer)
Management.
PHONE #:+447 045 717 232
PHONE #:+447 031 836 290
FAX: #:+448 704 909 926





TNT COURIER SERVICE DELIVERY





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