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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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Fraud email example:

From: "GOODWILL WILLIAMS" <goodwilliams01@centrum.sk>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 03:48:49 +0200
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COMPANY IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX.


Dear Friend,

Compliment of the new year, I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Bank Draft which my boss left with me before he travelled to Paraguay but I did not hear from you since that time till today. I went to the bank to confirm whether the draft is getting close to expire as it had been long time my boss issued the draft. The director of the bank told me that before the draft will get to you,that it will expire. Then I told him to help me and cash the cashier bank draft of $7.800.000.00 to cash payment.

However, I have successfully cashed the draft and packaged it in a Consignment Box and have registered it in the Fedex Delivery Company Service here in Benin Republic because I will travell to see my boss in Paraguay and will not come back till October20th 2008. You have to contact the Fedex Delivery Company Service to know when they will deliver your Consignment box to your address. I have paid for the delivering charges and insurance fees. The only money you have to send to them is their security keeping fees, I would have paid for the security keeping fee but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage so the only money your have to pay is they security keeping fee.

This is their Contact Address;
Attn: Cheif Mr.Arnold Aka (Director)
Tel:  +229-978 551 80
E-mail: fedexdelivery.compan@hotmail.fr
Send them your contacts information to enable them locate you immediately they arrived in your country with your Cosignmet Box.

This is the information they needed from you.
1. Your full name:.....
2. Your shipping/home address:.....
3. Your tel no #......
4. Your current office tel no #
5. A copy of your Id or Photo.

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasement of the security keeping fees Note; I didn't tell the Fedex Delivery Company Service that it's money inside the box, I registered it as Church Minister Materials. This is to avoid delay or any upfront problem during the delivery. So, do not let them know that the box contents money. Do let me know as soon as you received your box.

You will contact  me only through e-mail as my phone is no longe available now that I am out from our country. Contact me at goodwillwilliams@yahoo.com  and I will reply as soon as I can. I wish you and your family Long Life,Prosperity and Happy 2008.Thanks and Remain Blessed.Yours sincerely,

Barrister.Goodwill Williams



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