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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: "juliet" <juliet@intimateapparelsbd.com>
Reply-To: jamescollins0004@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 23:15:50 +0600
Subject: FedEx Courier Delivery Service‏


FedEx Courier Delivery Service,

We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Package that is been
registered with us for shipping to your residential location. We had
thought that your sender gave you our contact details. It may interest you
to know that a letter is also added to your package. However, we cannot
quote its content to you via email for privacy reasons. We understand that
the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft worth of $900,000.00
(Nine Hundred Thousand US Dollars). As you know, FedEx does not ship money
in CASH or in CHEQUES but BANK DRAFTS are shippable. The package is
registered with us for mailing by MR TERRY HULL but he is here in
Nigeria for a three (3) month Survey Project as he works with a
construction firm in Nigeria West Africa. We are sending you this email
because your package is been registered on a Special Order.

You are advised to contact our Delivery Department for immediate dispatch
of your package to your residential address. Note that as soon as our
Delivery Team confirms your information, it will take three (3) working
days (72Hrs) for your package to arrive 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 the sum of $250 USD to the FedEx
Delivery Department being full payment 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 fact that all
items & packages that is registered with us have a time limitation and we
cannot accept payment without knowing when you will be picking up the
package or even respond to us. So we cannot take the risk to have accepted
such a payment incase of any possible demurrage. Kindly note that your
colleague did not leave us with any further information. We hope that you
respond 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 do not have a return
address.

Kindly contact the delivery department (FedEx Delivery Post) with the
details given below:

Contact Person: Mr. JAMES COLLINS.
Email: jamescollins0004@hotmail.com
Tel: +234 806 122 6115.



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
necessary payment procedure so that you can effect the payment for the
Security Keeping Fees. As soon as they confirm your payment of $ 250. USD,
they shall immediately dispatch your package to the designated address. It
usually takes 72 Hours being an express 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 England and he was not
on phone yet. We indeed personally sealed your Bank Draft and we found
your email contact in the attached letter as the recipient of the foremost
package.

Ensure to contact the delivery department with the email address and
ensure to fill the above form as well to enable successful reconfirmation.



All responses must be forwarded to: (jamescollins0004@hotmail.com)


Yours Faithfully




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