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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: =?iso-8859-1?b?RmVkRXiu?= Delivery <agentfedex63@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:38:21 +0300
Subject: PARCEL #: EG2272

Greetings!
SHIPMENT CODE: CPEL/OWN/9856
PARCEL #: EG2272

You have a parcel containing an ATM CARD worth Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars
[$800,000.00 USD] with us at the FEDEX DELIVER COURIER. Your delivery
charges has been paid for. All you have to do is to re-confirm your
information with the correct mailing address and make a payment of
$250 USD only [Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars Only] for the security
keeping fee of the said parcel.

For your information, You have to contact the Dispatch Office now for
the delivery of your consignment with this information below:

Contact Person: Barry Smith
Email Address: Email: fedexdeliveryagent1184@yahoo.com.hk
Telephone: +234-703-584-3138

Please reconfirm your details:

FULL NAMES:
TELEPHONE:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
STATE:
COUNTRY:

Finally, make sure that you re-confirm your Postal address(s) and Direct
telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery.

Yours Faithfully,

Ms. Dora Williams,
Secretary.
FEDEX DELIVER COURIER

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