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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2347035802932
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • fedex.courierservice2008@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FEDEX DELIVERY COMPANY <didattica@itcgacqua.it>
Reply-To: fedex.courierservice2008@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:58:48 +0100
Subject: RE:


Greetings From Fedex,
Date: 23/11/2008.
This is to inform you that there is a package in this office deposited
by one Rev. Muktar Scott on the 23th november 2008. Your email address was
attached to it and is to be delivered to you. I have been waiting for you to
contact me for your confirmable package which contain a Bank Draft of
800,000.00 USD and some vital Documents.
Kindly contact our branch office
Fedex West Africa
Delivery Office.
Name: Mr.David johnson
Email:fedex.courierservice2008@hotmail.com
Tell: +2347035802932
You are required to provide him with the following information:
-Name:
-Address:
-Age:
-Marital Status:
-Nationality:
-Telephone Number:
NOTE: Every claim has an expiry period of Fourteen working days.
Regards,
Barr. Brian Lucas.
Fedex Notification Dept
====================FEDEX DELIVERY===================

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam