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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: office.feli000079@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:04:55 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?CONTACT=20=20FEDEX=20COURIER=20COMPANY=2C?=

Dear Friend, Greetings!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank
Draf of $2.500.000.00
United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since that time. Then
I went and deposited the Draft
with FEDEX COURIER COMPANY, Cotonou, Benin Republic before I travelled out
of the country for a 3 Months
Course What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY as
soon as possible to know when
they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date. For
your information, I have paid for
the delivering Charge, Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of
the Cheque showing that
it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.

The only money you will send to the Courier & Security Company to delive
your Draft direct to your postal
Address in your country is ($105.00 US) hundred Five United States Dollars
only being Security Keeping Fee
of the Courier Company sofar. Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay
any other money except
$105.00 US Dollars. I would have paid that but they said no because they
don't know
when you will contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to contact
the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY now for
the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow; Contact Person:IKE
WILSON


EmailAddress:fedexcourierdelivering_company03@yahoo.co.uk)

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm the following infomation to
them to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to
give you the
tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when
it
will get to your address.
The infomations are;

1.YOUR FULL NAME;
2.YOUR AGE;
3.HOUSE/OFFICE ADDRESS
4.HOUSE / OFFICE PHONE NOS
5.A COPY OF YOUR PICT FOR IDDENTIFICATION

Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail
to
avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping
fee of
$105.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.Do let know immediately you
recieves your package.
Yours Faithfully,
DrJIM NKOH.








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