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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 Express Courier" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <customercare.deliverydm@wss-id.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 23:50:14 +0100
Subject: Attention: Customer,

Attention: Customer,

You Have A Winning cheque Package Of $800,000.00 USD with FedEx Express
Courier, this award was deposited with us for delivery to you by
United Nations Donation headquarters in west Africa. Your email address attached to ticket
number 222554UND0231-0232 won the donation.

ALL participants was selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and
websites. Your email is your online automatic ticket that qualified you for this
draw, no tickets were sold.

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

FedEx Delivery Post
Mr. David Moore.
Email: customercare.deliverydm@wss-id.org
Phone Number : +234 7065 776 328

Kindly complete the below form and send it to the email address given above.

FULL NAMES:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:
TELEPHONE:
SEX:
OCCUPATION:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:


Your Package is awaiting an outstanding payment of $150 USD for
security keeping fee for delivery to commence.


Get back to us with your details for more info on how to get your award.


Best Regards,
Mr. David Moore

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