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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: "samuba4 Gazeta.pl" <samuba4@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:44:34 +0200
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COURIER COMPANY FOR YOUR FUNDS


Dear Friend,

Greetings!
I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable
Bank Draft worth of (usd $1.200.000.00)ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
UNITED STATE DOLLARS which my boss left with me before he travelled out,but
I did not hear from you since that time. Then with the help of a friend who
is a Bank manager I cashed the money and deposited it as a BOX containing
African clothes with FEDEX COURIER COMPANY LIMITED, Cotonou, Benin
Republic.
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. For your
information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium and
Clearance Certificate Fee of the package.

The only money you will send to the Courier & Security Company to deliver
your package direct to your postal Address in your country is ($98.00 US)
NINE EIGHT UNITED DOLLARS ONLY, being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier
Company so far. Again, 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
package with this information bellow;

Contact Person:Dr.Ugo Odili.
Telephone:+229 93461582
Email Address: fedexcouriercompany93@yahoo.fr

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm the following infomation to them again
to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the the box
pin code
The infomations are;
1.YOUR FULL NAME;
2.YOUR AGE;
3.HOUSE/OFFICE ADDRESS
4.HOUSE / OFFICE PHONE NUMBER
5.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE FOR IDENTIFICATION
6.COUNTRY.......................
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 $98.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.Do let me know immediately
you recieves your package.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr sam uba
CONTACT FEDEX COURIER COMPANY FOR YOUR FUNDS

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