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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: <adamrees2@centrum.cz>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:00:31 +0200
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX EXPRESS DELIVERY COMPANY







Attention; Please!

I have been waiting for you since regards your Bank draft of $8.5million =
Usd) but i did not hear from you since that time. So I decided to convert=
it into ATM CARD to avoid expiry then have it delivered to you through F=
edex Express Delivery Company here.
I suceeded in registering the ATM CARD with Fedex Express Delivery Compan=
y to make sure that it will be among of the parcel they will deliver this=
week or next week monday.
What you have to do is to contact them with their information below;
Contact Person; Mr JOHNSON PAUL
Director of Fedex.
Express Delivery Company
Benin Republic West
Africa,
=C2=A0E-mail;(fedexexpressdelivery@live.co.uk)
I paid all the charges except their delivery charges of $198 which they s=
aid that beneficiary should pay to ensure them that the parcel is going d=
irect to the owner to avoid sending it to wrong person.Please=C2=A0 conta=
cting them immediately.
Best Regards.
=C2=A0Rev. ADAM=C2=A0=C2=A0REES
=C2=A0
=C2=A0
=C2=A0



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