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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "cheques " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348073167726 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "FedEx Courier Company" <fedexcour_delcomp03@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:21:56 +0550
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COURIER COMPANY

Dear Customer!

We have been waiting for you to contact us for your
Confirmed Package 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 you
to know that a letter is also added to your package.However,
we cannot
quote its content to you via email for privacy reasons.

We
understand that the content of your package itself is a
Bank Draft
worth $800,000.00 USD, FedEx does not ship money in CASH or
in
CHEQUES but Bank Drafts are shippable.What you have to do
now, is to contact our
Delivery Department for immediate dispatch of your package
to your residencial address.Note
that as soon as our Delivery Team confirms your
informations, it will take
only one working day (24 hours) for your package to arrive
it's
designated destination.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 $200USD 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.
Also be informed
that your colleague wished to pay for the Security Keeping
charges, but we
do not accept such payment considering the facts that all
items & packages
that is registered with us have a time limitation and we
cannot accept
payment not knowing when you will be picking up the package
or even
responding to us.So we cannot take the risk to have accepted
such payment
incase of any possible demurrage.

Kindly contact the delivery department (FedEx Delivery Post)
with the
details given below:
FedEx Delivery Post
Contact Person:Mr. Daniel J.Cole
Email Address: fedexcour_delcomp01@live.com
customercare@fedexcourierservice.co.at.tf
phone:+(234)8073167726


Kindly
complete the below form and send it to the email
address given
above.This is mandatory to reconfirm your Postal address and
telephone
numbers.

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

As soon as your details are received, our delivery team will
give you the
neccessary payment procedure so that you can effect the
payment for the
Security Keeping.

Note that we were not instructed to email you, but due to
the high
priority of your package we had to inform you as your sender
did not leave
us with his phone number because he stated that he just
arrived Nigeria
and he hasn't fix his phone yet. We indeed personally sealed
your Bank
Draft and we found your email contact in the attached letter
as the
recipient of the foremost package.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Margaret Blaire.
FedEx Online Team Management.
All rights reserved. ©
1995-2008
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This E-mail is only for the above addressees. It may contain
confidential
or Privileged information. If you are not an addressee you
must not copy,
distribute, disclose or use any of the information in it or
any
attachments.
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