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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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 ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "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)
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
  • "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.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2347028741772
• 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.
  • rseabv.redstarexpress_ng@btinternet.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FedEx RedStar Courier" <info@fedex.org>
Reply-To: <info_deliveryofficer@fedexservice.ca.pn>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:43:19 -0600
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COURIER.


Dear Customer!

We have been waiting 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 $200,000.00 US
Dollars, FedEx Red star Courier 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 who is here in Nigeria for a three (3)
months Surveying Project as he works with a OIL RIG consultant firm in
West Africa, Nigeria.

Special Order. What you have to do now, is to contact our Delivery
Department for immediate dispatchment of your package to your residential
address.Note that as soon as our Delivery Team confirms your informations,
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 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 $110 US
Dollars being full payment for the Security Keeping Fee of your parcel so
far to the security company affiliated to FedEx where your parcel has been
for the past weeks as stated in our privacy terms & condition page. Also be
informed that your colleague wished to pay for the Security Keeping charges,

but they do not accept such payment considering the facts that all items &
packages that is registered with them have a time limitation and hence
cannot accept such payment not knowing when you will be picking up the
package or even responding to us.So they 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 the foremost package, we may refer the package to the
Nigerian Commission for Welfare as the package do not have a return address.

Kindly contact the delivery department (FedEx Delivery Post) with the
details given below:

FedEx Delivery Post
Contact Person: Mr.Nicholas Duke
Email:rseabv.redstarexpress_ng@btinternet.com
Tel: +234-7028741772


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:

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 Fees. As soon as we confirm your payment receipt of $110
USD, We shall immediately forward it to the security company for the release

of your parcel and will also not hesitate to dispatch your package as well
as the attached letter to your residence. It usually takes 24 hours being an

over night 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 Nigeria and he hasn't fix his phone yet. We indeed personally
sealed your Bank Draft and we found your email contact in the attached
letter 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.


Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Gary Alis.
FedEx Red Star Courier Management Team.
Abuja, Nigeria, West- Africa.
All rights reserved. © 1995-2008

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