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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: "jonawilliams1 Gazeta.pl" <jonawilliams1@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:53:33 +0200
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR CONSIGNMENT


Goodday!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable
Bank Draft of $750,000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear
from you since for a couple of weeks now.Then I went to the bank to
confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and
Mr.James Adams the Director Bank of Africa told me that before the
draft will get to your hand that it will expire.

So I told him to cash the $750,000.00 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to
cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be
out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till
ending of september 2008.



What you have to do now is to contact FEDEX COURIER SERVICES as soon
as possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment to you
because of the expiring date.For your information, I have paid for the
delivering Charge, Insurance premium.The only money you will send to
the FEDEX COURIER SERVICES to deliver your Consignment direct to your
postal Address in your country is ($120.00 US) one hundred and twenty $
United
States 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
($120.00 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 FEDEX COURIER SERVICES now for the
delivery of your Draft with this information bellow;

Directors Name: Dr martin bello)
Telephone.......+229-93 12 90 56

Email Address: fedexcourierservice_24hour@yahoo.fr

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct
telephone number to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to
keep you updated on the arrival of your consignment 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 ($120.00 US) Dollars for
their immediate action.

Note this. The FEDEX COURIER SERVICES don't know the contents of the
Box.I registered it as a "family valuable/Treasury"
They did not know the contents was money. this is to avoid them
delaying with the BOX. Don?t let them know that box contents money
please.


I am waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,

MR BEN CHINYERE,

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