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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: "edward chubby" <edwardchubby16@ig.com.br>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 13:56:42 +0200
Subject: I am waiting for your urgent response.


Goodday!!!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable
Bank Draft of $850,000 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
Dr.Wilson 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
$850,000 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 October 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
($105.00 US) One Hundred & Five 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 $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 FEDEX COURIER SERVICES now for the delivery of
your Draft with this information bellow;
Directors Name: Dr. Aminu Yusuf
Companys Name:FEDEX COURIER SERVICES
Email Address: (expressfees111@live.fr )

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 $105.00 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 BOX of Africa cloths. 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 ok.

Regards
Barr. Edward Chubby

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