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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: "Mr. Williams Johnson" <crafter2@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: presidency_nigrrr01@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:24:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOU HAVE A PACKAGE WITH FEDEX!!!


GOOD DAY !!!
 
CLAIM NOTIFICATION.
 
This is to notify you that your parcel is still in our possession, this parcel contained an International Cashier Bank Draft/Cheque worth the sum of $2,000.000.00 USD (Two Million United State Dollars) only and it is ready for delivery to your door step. Meanwhile, before the delivery or shipment will take place, you are advice to send to us the following data’s mention.
 
Fill this Form:
 
Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Postal Code:
Country:
And your contact phone number:
 
The above requested information’s will enable us deliver your parcel
correctly without any mistake or delivering your parcel to a wrong
person.Furthermore, you might be asking yourself how comes this email, cheque or draft, Anyway, your cheque was brought to this office by a Lottery Fiduciary Agent Or Claim Agent, signifying that you are a rightful winner to their Lottery Award selected randomly from 10 lucky email addresses which your email address is one of the lucky email address.
 
FedEx courier service company mailing you as per your parcel that was brought to this company to be delivered to you by lottery groups, along the delivery process that brought a misunderstanding between you and the lottery claim agent and in regards of their request as per their insurance certificate cost and tax fee which happened to be the course of your parcel being pending for the past months/one year.
 
Meanwhile we are hereby happy to inform you that the FedEx Company has finalized everything with the icon insurance company of Nigeria’ and the internal revenue office as the company has also listed 24 valuable parcel’s to be intact in their office after the released of the parcel’s from the icon insurance company and internal revenue office.

We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that contains the sum of $2 million dollars is among the 24 parcel’s listed which is now in our office and also with your name as the receiver despite that we lost your private residential address’s, which is an indication that you can now re-send your residential address, telephone as stated above back to the FedEx company where your parcel can be delivered to you without hesitation with this e-mail (presidency_nigrrr01@yahoo.co.jp)
 
Meanwhile remember that the sender of this parcel to you that the
fiduciary agent still owes this company the sum of $265 before incident occurs, note that this company has spend out of their incomes in the process by recovery back your parcel’s dear customer we once again appreciate your patronage in our favor.

Without hesitations you are to pay for just the balance left by your
sender since we have lost his contact. via western union so that your parcel can be delivered to your residential address before it accumulate a demurrage after one 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 favor 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 country in two days time and it will get to your door step the third day as soon as this company receive the balance left by your sender’ 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 favor.
 
And also the FedEx Courier Service Company is hereby to inform all their
customers by eradicating all their communication with the scam mails
that are going all-over the world be careful with their e-mails so that your parcel will not be in danger with their evil planes.
 
FedEx provides access to a growing global market place through a network of supply chain, transportation, business and related information
Services.
 
PAYMENT INFORMATION OFFICE
RECIEVERS NAME------ MARK OGU
SENDERS NAME------- YOUR NAME
SENDERS COUNTRY----- YOUR ADDRESS
RECIEVERS COUNTRY----LAGOS NIGERIA AFRICA.
TEXT QUESTION------------WHO IS THE GREATEST?
TEXT ANSWER-------------- GOD
AMOUNT TO BE PAID---------$265 USD
MTCN NUMBER.......................
 
Please you have to send the full payment information including the MTCN Number for we to fully proceed on your delivery.
 
FedEx is one of the world's great success stories, the start-up that
revolutionized the delivery of packages and information. In the past 30 years, we've grown up and grown into a diverse family of companies -a FedEx that's bigger, stronger, better than ever. Call me: Tel: (+234-808-895-8929) and speak with the MD. MR WILLIAM JOHNSON for more info.
 
WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL.
YOURS AFFECTIONATLY
MR. WILLIAM JOHNSON


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