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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: "Dr. Benson Kenneth" <office------da932@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: fe.cb1111@live.fr
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:54:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: FedEx Diplomatic Delivery Dear Friend,





I have paid for the delivery of your consignment by the FedEx company Benin Republic. They promised that your consignment will leave immediately they received your re-confirmed informations to avoid wrong delivery. Now contact them with your full informations through their email address ( fe.cb1111@live.fr ).Phone number +229 98947187
 
Here are the requested informations needed by the Director Of The FedEx Diplomatic Division which they instructed me to email you to provide while contacting them for easier identification when the diplomatarrivesin your country:
 
Kindly re-confirm to them the followings:
Your Full Name: ______________________________
Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code
P.O.BOX) : ______________________________
Name of City of Residence:_______________________________
Country:____________________________________
Direct Telephone Number:___________________________________
MobileNumber:____________________________________
Nearest airport:________________________________
Working Identity Card/Int'l Passport:________________________________
Occupation:________________ Position_______________

I registered it with the FedEx Courier company in the name of Computer accessories as its content and i didn't let them know that it containsfunds of US$800,000.00 because of fear of betrayal.
Yours faithfully
 
Dr. Benson Kenneth

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