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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 Online Team Management" <info@fedex.org>
Reply-To: deliveryteam@fastservice.com
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:07:48 +0530 (IST)
Subject: YOU HAVE A PARCEL




We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Confirmable that is
registered with us for shipping to your residential location.We had
thought that your sender gave you our contact details.It may interest
youto know that a letter is also added to your package.

We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft
worth of $750,000.00 USD, FedEx do not ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES
but Bank Drafts are shippable.The package is registered with us for
mailing by your colleague, and your colleague explained that he is from
the U.S.A but he is currently in Africa for a three (3) months Surveying
Project as he works with a consultant firm in Nigeria, We are sending you
this email because your package is been registered on a Special Order.

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 a sum of $125USD 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. Send your Postal
address ,telephone and your name in full this is mandatory to reconfirm
your Postal address and telephone. Please note that packages are not
shipped nor delivered on Saturday, Sunday and on holidays. If your order
has been placed on any of these days, then it may be shipped the following
business day.

Kindly complete the below form and send it to the FEDEX DELIVERY SERVICE
with the below informations.This is mandatory to reconfirm your Postal
address and telephone numbers.

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

FEDEX DELIVERY SERVICE
Email: deliveryteam@fastservice.com
Phone number: +234-805-292-8568
Contact Person: James C.Trowell.

**ALL PACKAGES ARE SIGNATURE REQUIRED.
If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to contact
us between Monday �Friday: 9:00am �9:00pm EST
Saturdays: 10:00am �5:00pm EST
Sundays: 10:00am - 4:00pm EST

Have a great day!
Federal Express Co-operation.
FedEx Online Team Management.
All rights reserved. �1995-2012.
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