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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: FEDEX DELIVERY SERVICE <infoken@inmail24.com>
Reply-To: infofedexservices02@inmail24.com
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:38:54 -0800 (PST)
Subject: CLAIM YOUR PACKAGE.///



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 Plot 8,Ahmed Way,
Victoria
Island,Lagos
Nigeria.
Tel:+234-802-273-6789

DATE: 10/02/2010:
Customers Service Hours--Monday To Saturday:

Office Hours Monday To Saturday:

                            
ATTENTION: 
The FedEx courier
Service Company are hereby passing an essential massage to all our valuable
customers to be very careful while presenting their receivers residential
address to avoid wrong delivery. This is the FedEx courier service company
mailing you as per your parcel that was brought to this company to be delivered
to you by one Mr.Johnson martins ,along the delivery process there came a
misunderstanding between you and the nicon insurance company inregard of their
request as per their insurance certificate which happens to be course of your
parcel pending for the past one year. Meanwhile we are hereby happy to inform
you that the FedEx Company has finalized everything with the nicon insurance
company of Nigeria as the company organization has also listed 24 valuable
parcels to be intact in their office after the released of your parcels from the
nicon insurance company.
 
We are happy to inform you once again that
your parcel that contain the sum of $2. million dollars is among the 24 parcels
listed which is now in our office and also with your Name as the receiver
despise that we lost your private residential addresss, which is an indication
that you can now Re-send your residential address to back to the FedEx company
where your parcel can be delivered to you without hesitation with this e-mail:
(infofedexservices02@inmail24.com) Meanwhile remember that the sender of this parcel Mr.Johnson
martins, still owes this company the sum of $ 95 before incident occurs, know
you that this company has spent out of their incomes in the process by recovery
back your parcel? so dear costurmer we once again appreciate your patronage in
our favour.
 
Without
hesitations you are to pay for just the balance left by your Mr.Johnson Martins
via western union so that your parcel can be delivered to your residential
address before it accumulate a demurrage after Four week only,as you know your
parcel is not just an ordinary parcel but with a huge amount and I think you
understand what I mean by accumulating a demurrage? Which you will not allow to
happen to your recovery parcel that almost gone, if not for the love that the
good God have for you by favoring you with his favour because it was God who did
it not by your power but by the spirit say the lord. We assure you that your
parcel will arrive at your doorstep in two days time  as soon as this company
receive the balance left by your Mr.Johnson Martins and the tracking number of
your parcel will be sent to you via e-mail immediately so that you can track it
yourself to see your parcel coming on the way and you will also know when it
will arrive at your country because we operate in trust and loyalty in your
favour.Below is the payment information which you will use to make the
payment.
 
SENDERS NAME-------

RECIEVERS NAME------PAUL EGO
SENDERS COUNTRY-----
RECIEVERS
COUNTRY----LAGOS NIGERIA.
TEXT QUESTION------------ TO WHO?
TEXT
ANSWER--------------- MR.CHARLES
AMOUNT TO BE PAID---------$95

MTCN.................................  
 
Waiting to read your e-mail with payment
information.
 
REGARDS,
MR.CHARLES
WILLISAMS.
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FEDEX DELIVERY SERVICE LAGOS
BRANCH.

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