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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 COURIER COMPANY LIMITED" <fedex@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: FedexExpressdeliveryservice@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 14:16:46 -0600
Subject: YOU HAVE A PACKAGE

Greetings!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me
for your Confirmable Bank Draft of
$800.000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not
hear from you since that time. Then I went and
deposited the Draft with FEDEX COURIER
SERVICE, West Africa, I travelled out of the
country for a 3 Months Course and I will not
come back till end of March.
What you have to do now is to contact the
FEDEX COURIER SERVICE 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 FEDEX
COURIER SERVICE to deliver your Draft direct to
your postal Address in your country is ($150.00
US) Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of
the Courier Company so far. Again, don't be
deceived by anybody to pay any other money
except $150.00US 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 SERVICE now for the delivery of
your Draft with this information bellow;
Contact Person: Mr. Mike Aderson
Email :
FedexExpressdeliveryservice@hotmail.com
Telephone:+(234)8077410005

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your
Postal address() and Direct telephone number
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.
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 $150.00 US Dollars for
their immediate action. You should also let me
know
through email as soon as you receive your
Draft.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr.David White


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Fidelity Communications Webmail - http://webmail.fidnet.com



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