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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: "FedEx Online Team Management" <info@fedex.org>
Reply-To: fedexexpresswestafrica@w.cn
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:13:50 -0200
Subject: Package Notice.

We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Confirmed Package
that is
registered with us for shipping to your residential address.We thought
that the sender gave you our contact details and that you would have
contacted us by now.we would also let you know that
a letter is also attached to your package.However, we cannot quote its
content to
you via E-mail for privacy reasons.
We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft
worth
$800,000.00 USD,in FedEx we do not ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES but
in
Bank Drafts only.
The package is registered with us for mailing by your colleague,
and your colleague explained that he is from the United States but he is
in Nigeria for a three (3)month Surveying Project. for he is working
with a
consulting firm in Nigeria West Africa. We are sending you this E-mail
because
your package is been registered on a Special Order.
What you have to do now, is to contact our Delivery Department for the
immediate
dispatch of your package to your residential address.Note that as soon
as
our Delivery Team confirms your information, it will only take us one
working
day (24 hours) for your package to arrive at its 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 a sum of £105 GBP to the FedEx Delivery
Department for the Security Keeping Fee of the FedEx company as stated
in our privacy terms & condition page. Also be informed that your
colleague
wished to pay for the Security Keeping charges, but we do not accept
such
payments considering the facts that all items & packages registered with
us has a time limitation and we cannot accept payment not knowing when
you
will be picking up the package or even respond to us.So we 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 send your response 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 British Commission for Welfare as the package those not
have a
return address.
Kindly contact the delivery department (FedEx Delivery Post) with the
details
given below:
FedEx Delivery Post
Contact Person:Stephen Anderson
Email:fedexexpresswestafrica@w.cn
Tel: +234 8057681257 .
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 they confirm your payment receipt of
£105 GBP, which is also $185 USD.
they will not hesitate to dispatch your package as well as the attached
letter
to your residence. which 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 has
not
gotten a phone yet. We personally sealed your Bank Draft and we found
your
email contact in the attached letter as the recipient of the foremost
package.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Margaret Blaire.
FedEx Online Team Management.
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