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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: "Funds Compensation Department" <pcorradi@aacrea.org.ar>
Reply-To: fedexcompany92@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:45:12 -0300
Subject: Greetings

Greetings of the day to you.

I am Mrs. Anna Howard, From West African Compesation Funds Department, I have
a package Bank Draft of US$500,000,00 awarded by your email address, left
with FEDEX Courier Company for claims, All you need to do is to contact
FEDEX Courier Company via below information, for your package delivery to
arrive to you to your home address.

Contact Person: Mr. Hamilton White
Email Address: fedexcompany92@yahoo.com.hk
Telephone: +2348078721323

You are advice to send them your correct postal address, full name, contact
phone number, so that they can be able to deliver your package direct to
your postal address given and you have to pay a fee of US$130, which is the
FEDEX Courier Company delivery charges fee so far, as we have paid for all
necessary charges except that of the delivery fee of the courier company so
far.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Anna Howard.

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