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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Tony Peter (ESQ)"<saw@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: <petertony92@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 06:55:13 +1000
Subject: From Tony Peter (ESQ) verification no: (PX002)

>From Tony Peter (ESQ) verification no: (PX002)

 

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Cashiers Cheque but did not hear from you since that time. So i went to the bank to confirm if the draft is getting close to expire and the Manager of the bank told me that before the draft will get to your address that it will expire. Then I told him to help me and cash the bank draft of $1.5 million to cash payment.

However, The Bank Manager have successfully cashed the draft and packaged your Cash in a Diplomatic Cargo box and had registered it in the FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY here in Federal Republic Of Nigeria because i am travelling to see my boss and will not come back soon.

 

You have to contact FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY to know when they will deliver your package to your address.

 

CONTACT FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY WITH THE INFORMATION BELOW/

     

NAME: DR. DOUGLAS HALL

CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS: +234 706-784-0862

E-MAIL: fedexcourier.1@live.co.uk

Please, Send them your contacts information to able them locate you immediately they arrived in your country with your Diplomatic BOX.

 

This is the information they need from you.

1. YOUR FULL NAME.   

2. YOUR HOME ADDRESS.   

3. YOUR CURRENT MOBILE NUMBER.

4. YOUR VERIFICATION CODE - (PX002)

 

Try to contact FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY at (fedexcourier.1@live.co.uk)  as soon as possible to enable them release your consignment to you. I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake in the delivery.

 

I have paid for the delivering charges. Also ask them how much the insurance fees will cost you.  The only money you have to send to them is their INSURANCE FEE to receive your package which will be a token. I could have paid for the insurance fees, but due to some prevailing circumstance beyond my control.

 

Note; I didn't tell FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY that it's money inside the box, I registered it as a package of an African cloths/Family Valuables.  This is to avoid delaying or any upfront problem during the delivery, So do not let them  know that the package contents money inside until you have received it in your house address, this is the code which you will send to them for verifications (PX002).

 

Do let me know as soon as you received your package. Contact me by email as i am travelling out side the country today.

 

Best Regards,

Tony Peter (ESQ)

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