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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: "John Odigie" <info@desk.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: fedexdeliverydepartment@f-mail.net
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:30:29 +0600 (BDT)
Subject: GOOD DAY!!!

Greetings
I am Mr.John Odigie.I have been waiting for you since to contact me for
your Confirmable Bank Draft of $800.000.00 Dollars,but I did not hear
from you since that time.I did this due to the large amount my father
collected when he was
doing fraud on the internetbefore he died. But now I am a man of God and I
needed to send this evil money back.Then I went
and deposited the Confirmable Bank Draft with FedEx Delivery Nigeria,I
travelled out of the country for a Course and I will not come back till
end of the year.


What you have to do now is to contact the FedEx Delivery Nigeria as soon
as 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
Charge,Insurance premium
and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is not a Drug
Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.

The only money you will send to the FedEx Delivery to deliver your Draft
direct to your postal Address in your country is ($300.00 Dollars) Only
being Security Keeping Fee of the Delivery Company so far.Again, don't be
deceived by
anybody to pay any other money except$300.00 Dollars.I would have paid
that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them
and in case of demurrage.You have to contact the (FedEx Delivery Company
NG Immediately )now for the delivery of your Draft and fill your details
below;

Full Name:
Full Contact Address:
Phone Number:
Age:
Sex:
Occupation:
Country:

Contact Person: Mr. Philip Oseh
E-mail Address: fedexdeliverydepartment@f-mail.net
Telephone:+2347059899662

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
overthere 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 $300.00 Dollars for their immediate action.

You should also let me know through email as soon as you receive your Draft.

Kindly Note and Tell them the date I sent you the mail.
My E-mail is (Johnodigie@live.com ).But if you mail
me I will be on vacation.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.John Odigie


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