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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: "AYOR JIM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedex_department@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:02:22 +0100
Subject: Contact FedEx Courier Company with Shipment Code (PS-1HT60)

Good day,

I have paid the fee for your cheque draft. But the manager of eko bank Benin told me that before the check will get to you that it will expire. So I told him to cash us$2.5million us dollars all the necessary arrangement of delivering the us$2.5million us dollars in cash was made with FedEx delivery courier company. This is the information the need to deliver your package to you. With FedEx delivery Courier Company, be rest assures that I have paid for the delivering charges and insurance premium. The only fee you have to send to them is their security keeping fee, I would have paid it but they say know because they did not know when you will be contacting them because of the demurrage as I do not know when you will be contacting them, so contact them now for fast delivery.

BELOW IS THE FEDEX DELIVERY COURIER COMPANY INFORMATION'S.

NAME: FEDEX COURIER DELIVERING COMPANY.
ATTANTION: PERSON: DR JERRY COOK
POSITION: FOREIGN DELIVERY DEPARTMENT.
ADDRESS: COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC
E-MAIL :( fedex_department@sify.com)
Web site:(www.fedex.com)
Shipment Code (PS-1HT60)
PHONE NUMBER; +2299-8072-631 /+229-96044-984

Please, Send them your contacts information to able them locate you immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX .This is what they need from you.

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3. YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4. YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE.
6. A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE

Note that this is there E-mail contact (fedex_department@sify.com)

Please make sure you send this needed info’s to the Director General of FEDEX DELIVERY COURIER COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC, DR JERRY COOK with the address given to you.

Note. FedEx courier services company, don't know the contents of the box. I registered it as a box of Christian books. They don't know it contents money. This is to avoid them delaying with the box. Don’t let them know that is money that is in that box. Be informed that this is a FedEx diplomatic delivery and not all FedEx staff is aware of the delivery only the director of foreign deliveries department. Do contact him alone directly on his email or call the director of the company with this line: +229-98072631

Thanks and Remain Blessed.
Mr.Ayor Jim (ESQ)



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