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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: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?scott=5Famah@yahoo.dk?=" <contact.info1@aliceadsl.fr>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:08:49 +0200
Subject:
=?iso-8859-1?Q?RE.I_HAVE_REGISTER_YOUR_PACKAGE_WITH_THE_FEDEX_DELIVERY_COMPANY?=


RE.I HAVE REGISTER YOUR PACKAGE WITH THE FEDEX DELIVERY COMPANY
Good day!!!
I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirm able
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
$850,000USD 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 Dec 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
($65 USD) SIXTYFIVE United States Dollars only being
Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far. Again, don't be
deceived by any body to pay any other money except $65USD Dollars.
I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when
you will contact them and in case of dumurrage.
You have to contact FEDEX COURIER SERVICES now for the delivery of
your Draft with this information bellow;
Directors Name: Mr.Jerry Bouth
Company's Name:FEDEX COURIER SERVICES
Email Address:fedexcourierlimited@ymail.com
Tel/FAX: +234-070236326130
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 $65USD 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.
I am waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
Hon.Scott Amah


---------------------- ALICE N°1 de la RELATION CLIENT 2008*--------------------
Découvrez vite l'offre exclusive ALICE BOX! En cliquant ici http://abonnement.aliceadsl.fr Offre soumise à conditions.*Source : TNS SOFRES / BEARING POINT. Secteur Fournisseur d.Accès Internet

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