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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: "MR.HENRY MORGAN." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fed.deliverycompany@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 05:07:09 -0800
Subject: Attention' Attention''Attention'''

FedEx Lagos Head Office
70 International Airport Road
Mafoluku,LAGOS.
Tel:.+2348073018203

Attention' Attention''Attention'''

CLAIM NOTIFICATION.

This is to notify you that your parcel is still in our possession,this parcel contained an
International Cashier Bank Draft/Cheque worth the sum of $2 Million Dollars only and it is
ready for delivery to your door step. Meanwhile, before the delivery or shipment will take
place,you are advice to send to us the following datas mention
below:

1.Your Name
2.Address
3.Telephone

The above requested informations will enable us deliver your parcel correctly without any
mistake or delivering your parcel to a wrong person.Furthermore,you might be asking
yourself how come this email,cheque or draft,Anyway,your cheque was brought to this office
by a Lottery Fudiciary Agent Or Claim Agent,signifying that you are the rightful winner to
their Lottery Award selected randomly from 10 lucky email addresses which your email
address is one of the lucky email address.

FedEx courier service company mailing you as per your parcel that was brought to this
company to be delivered to you by lottery groups, along the delivery process that brought
a misunderstanding between you and the lottery claim agent and in regards of their request
as per their insurance certificate cost and tax fee which happened to be the course of your
parcel being pending for the past months/one year.

Meanwhile we are hereby happy to inform you that the FedEx Company has finalized everything
with the nicon insurance company of London and the internal revenue office as the company
organization has also listed 24 valuable parcels to be intact in their office after the
released of the parcels from the nicon insurance company and internal revenue office.

We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that contains the sum of $ 2 million
dollars is among the 24 parcels listed which is now in our office and also with your name
as the receiver despise that we lost your private residential address, which is an
indication that you can now re-send your residential address,telephone as stated above back
to the FedEx company where your parcel can be delivered to you without hesitation with this
e-mail (fed.deliverycompany@gmail.com).

Meanwhile remember that the sender of this parcel would like you to know that the fudiciary
agent still owes this company the sum of $100 before incident occurs, know you that this
company has spend out of their income in the process by recovery back your parcel.So dear
customer we once again appreciate your patronage in our favour.

Without hesitation you are to pay for just the balance left by your sender since we have
lost his contact.via western union so that your parcel can be delivered to your residential
address before it accumulate a demurrage after one week only,as you know your parcel is not
just an ordinary parcel but with a huge amount and I think you understand what i mean by
accumulating a demurrage Which you will not allow to happen to your recovery parcel that
almost gone.

We assure you that your parcel will arrive at your country in two days time and it will get
to your door step the third day as soon as this company receive the balance left by your
sender and the tracking number of your parcel will be sent to you via e-mail immediately so
that you can track it yourself to see your parcel coming on the way and you will also know
when it will arrive at your country because we operate in trust and loyalty in your favour.

And also the FedEx Courier Service Company is hereby to inform all their customers by
eradicating all their communication with the scam mails that are going all-over the world
be careful with their e-mails so that your parcel will not be in danger with their evil
planes.

FedEx provides access to a growing global market place through a network of supply chain,
transportation, business and related information services.

FULLNAME:.....
ADDRESS:......
SEX:..........
COUNTRY:......
PHONE:........

Please you have to send the full information for us to fully proceed on your delivery
FedEx is one of the world's great success stories, the start-up that revolutionized the
delivery of packages and information. In the past 30 years, we've grown up and grown into a
diverse family of companies -a FedEx that's bigger, stronger, better than ever. Call me:

Tel:.+2348073018203

WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL.
YOURS AFFECTIONATLY.

MR.HENRY MORGAN.
Tel:.+2348073018203
FEDEX COURIER MANAGING DIRECTOR..

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