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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 NEW YORK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedeexnewyork@fedeex.co.cc>
Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 07:48:26 -0400
Subject: RECEIVE YOUR ATM CARD INHERITANCE FUND AS URGENT

HI



I AM JUAN CENTO
FedEx SENIOR OFFICER NEW YORK
PHONE: +1-516-554-9096
LOCATION: NY 47th and 3rd 747 3rd Ave .
EMAIL: fedeexnewyork@fedeex.co.cc




I AM CONTACTING YOU TODAY TO INFORM YOU THAT WE RECEIVED AN ATM CARD WORTH OF $15,000,000 .00 MILLION USD ON YOUR BEHALF FROM OCEANIC BANK PLC OF LONDON AS YOUR INHERITANCE FUND WHICH IS LEFT UNPAID FOR A VERY LONG TIME.




NOW OCEANIC BANK HAS FINALLY INSTRUCTED US TO DELIVER YOUR ATM CARD TO YOU SO THAT YOU WILL START WITHDRAWING YOUR INHERITANCE FUND FROM THE ATM CARD ON ANY ATM MACHINE OF YOUR CHOICE.




SO I WILL LIKE YOU TO FORWARD YOUR



FULL NAME:

STATE:

HOUSE ADDRESS:

PHONE NUMBER:

NEAREST AIRPORT:

IDENTITY CARD:




WE WILL DELIVER YOUR ATM CARD BETWEEN 48 HOURS TO YOUR DOOR STEP IMMEDIATELY YOU PROVIDE US THE REQUESTED INFORMATION




REGARD MR JUAN CENTO.

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