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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 KEVIN WILLIAMS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pen.mike061@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 06:47:31 -0700
Subject: Good day TO You!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good day TO You!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft
of $800,000 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a

couple of weeks now. Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired
or getting near to the date of expire and Dr.Wilson the Director Bank

of Africa told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will
expire.

So I told him to cash the $800,000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to
avoid losing these funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for a
3 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of November 2010. What you
have to do now is to contact FedEx EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY as soon as possible
to know when they will deliver your Consignment to you because of the expiring
date. For your information I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance
premium.

The only money you will send to the FedEx EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY to deliver
your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is($190 .00 USD)
One Hundred and ninety United States Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of
the Courier Company so far. Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other
money except $190.00 US Dollars.

I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will
contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to contact FedEx EXPRESS COURIER
COMPANY now, for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow;

1,Your Full Name: :
2,Your Delivery Address::
3,Your Cell Phone Number
4,Your Age::
5,Your Country:
6,Your OCUPATION::
7,Your Sex::

Directors Name: Mr.mike pen
Companies Name: FedEx EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY
Cell Phone : +234-705-795-2541
EmailAddress:pen.mike061@gmail.com


Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone
number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give
you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know
when it will get to your door step so that you can sign on it. Let me repeat
again, Try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail and ask them how you
will make the security fee of $190 to them to avoid any further delay and
remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $190.00 US Dollars for their
immediate action..

Note this. The FedEx EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY doesn’t know the contents of the
Box. I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. They did not know the contents
were money. This is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don't let them know
that box contents are money ok.

You are to make this payment today via WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM OUTLET in the
name of our accounting officer:

NAME: MR. JOHN OLUSEGUN
ADDRESS: ABUJA NIGERIA

You are to forward payment information to us via this email after making the
payment, the details are as follows:

SENDER'S NAME:......................... .............................
SENDER'S ADDRESS.................
AMOUNT SENT: $190..................... ............................... ......
TEXT QUESTION: in god?
TEXT ANSWER: .we trust
MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER
(M.T.C.N)........................................

Upon receipt of the above, modalities to send your certificate and cheque will
commence immediately.

We want you to note that your parcel will get to you in 1 (ONE) days after your
transfer has being confirmed.

Sincerely,
MR KEVIN WILLIAMS
FEDEX CONTROLLER, EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY

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