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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: "CLAIMS DEPARTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sethigho@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:02:02 +0100
Subject: Contact the FedEx agent for your certified bank draft


Greetings!

I have been waiting for you to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $750.000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since that time then I went ahead and deposited the Draft with FedEx COURIER

SERVICE, West Africa.I travelled out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till end of December. What you have to do now is to contact the FedEx COURIER SERVICE as soon as possible to know

when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date of your draft. For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Check

showing that it is not a Drug Money.

The only money you will send to FedEx COURIER SERVICE to deliver your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($220.00 USD)
only and this fees is for the "Security Keeping Fee" of the Courier Company so far. Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except
$220.00 USD.

I would have paid that security keeping fees but FedEx COURIER SERVICE said "NO" because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.You have to contact the FedEX COURIER SERVICE office

holding your package now for the delivery of your Draft with the information below:

Contact Person: Mr Seth Igho
Email: sethigho@gmail.com
Phone: +234 808 070 2522

Finally, make sure that you re-confirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery of your draft to you and ask them to give you the tracking number after you might have paid for the security keeping fee to enable

you track your package over there and know when it will get to your doorstep. Let me
repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this email to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping
fee of $220.00 usd for their immediate action.

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

Yours Faithfully,
MRS ALICE GRANT

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