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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:23:01 +0100
Subject: Good day,!!!




Goodday!

We have been waiting for you since to contact us for your Confirmable Ban=
k Draft of $800,000 United States Dollars which my husband kept for you b=
ut we did not hear from you since that time,

Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting ne=
ar to expire and Mr. Justin willms the Director Bank of Africa told me th=
at before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire.
So I told him to cash the $800,000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash paym=
ent to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the c=
ountry for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till end of January=
2009.=20
What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY as soon a=
s possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of =
the expiring date For your information, I have paid for the delivering Ch=
arge, Insurance premium.

The only money you will send to the Courier Company to deliver your Consi=
gnment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($185.00 US)=C2=A0=
=C2=A0 United States Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Couri=
er Company so far.
Again, I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know wh=
en you will contact them and in case of demurrage,

You have to contact the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY now for the delivery of you=
r consignment box with this information bellow;

Contact Person: Rev. Dr. Douglas Hall=20
Email Address:( fedexcourier08@rocketmail.com )
Tel/FAX: +229 93567581 OR +229 98410392

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm
1.Your Full Name
2.Your current mailing addresss
3.Your current Telephone Number
4.Update them with the nearest international airport
=C2=A0 and local airport to your given address

=C2=A0=C2=A0 them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them=
to give you the tracking numberas soon as you send the Security Keeping =
Fee=C2=A0 to enable you track your package over there and know when it wi=
ll get to your address.
Note that this is thier email address[ fedexcourier08@rocketmail.com ].

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 Keepi=
ng fee of $185.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.
Note this. The FEDEX COURIER SERVICE company don't know the contents of t=
he Box. I registered it as a BOX OF FAMILY VALUABLES.

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 okay I am waiti=
ng for your urgent response.

Yours Faithfully
JOY MIKE




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