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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: "MR.RANDALL GODWIN " <"www."@lily.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "MR.RANDALL GODWIN " <randallgodwin@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 18:36:24 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Express Delivery Company



FedEx Express Delivery Company Head Office Cotonou Benin Republic
You are welcome to Express Delivery Company
Finance Department Director

Attention.

am written to inform you that your Fund valued of (US$15 million) was converted to ATM Card and it was deposited here in our office and need to deliver to your designation address, So Please contact me with your full information! NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider we the (FEDEX DELIVERY COMPANY) urge you to treat it genuinely.

This is the second notice we are sending to you in regards to your visa debit card left here in our office, we notified you about this few weeks ago but we haven’t heard from you up till this moment. Many other packages, which we are supposed to deliver together with yours, had already been delivered to their various owners and yet yours is still here in our company.

We are very grateful to be at your service. You have a visa debit card in our office which was sent to you by {FEDERAL MINISTERIAL OF FINANCE BENIN REPUBLIC} you are required to summit the following personal details listed below to our office via e-mail so that your ATM CARD will be delivered to you at your door step within 48hours without any delay or stoppage from anybody.

Your Full Name...................
Your Mobile Phone Number............
Your Current Home Address...........
Your Country..............
Your City..................
Your Nearest Airport..............

The delivery Diplomat to avoid wrong delivery process.

Thanks for your kind understanding, hope to hear from your soon, God bless.

FedEx Senior Delivery Company Officer Official
Telephone Number: +229 68875742
Email::(randallgodwin@yahoo.com)
Best Regards
MR.RANDALL GODWIN

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