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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 COURIER MANAGING DIRECTOR." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedex-courier009@live.com>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 07:53:11 -0700
Subject: Attention: Dear Valued Beneficiary,CLAIM NOTIFICATION.

FedEx Nigeria Head Office
70 International Airport Road
Mafoluku, Lagos.
Tel +2347029120686
Date: May/2010

Attention: Dear Valued Beneficiary,

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 $850,000.00(Eight Hundred Fifthy Thousand USA 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 below:

1. Your Name

2.Address

3.Telephone

The above requested information's will enable us deliver your parcel
correctly without any mistake or delivering your parcel to a wrong person.
Further more, 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, tax fee and lots of other universal cops and drug
searches 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 and resolved the whole issued with the legal offices like the
International Monetary of Funds(IMF),and the Internal Revenue Service(IRS)
office, the company organization has also listed 24 valuable parcel's to
be intact in their office after the released of the parcel's from
universal cops and drug searches.


We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that contains the
sum of $850,000.00 is among the 24 parcel's listed which is now in our
office and also with your name as the receiver despise 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.


Meanwhile remember that the sender of this parcel to you that's the
fiduciary agent still owes this company the sum of $130 before the
incident occurs, Note that this fee is not just for delivery but with the
immigration and customs stamp duty, this company has spend out of their
incomes in the process by the recovering back your parcel? so 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. this payment have to be via western
union money transfer with the below payment information 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 that 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 favour. And also the FedEx Courier Service Company hereby
inform all their customers through this media 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 FOR THE IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS STAMP DUTY CHARGES
BEFORE DELIVERY EFFECT, FIND BELOW:

Receivers Name: Mr OBOH JOE

Senders Name: ------------?

Text Question: BEST COLOUR

Answer: Brown

Location; Lagos Nigeria.

MTCN Number... ???

Amount to be sent: $130us dollars.

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 as
FedEx that's bigger, stronger, better than ever.


Call me now: Tel +2347029120686
E-mail: (fedex-courier009@live.com )

Update Us With The Payment Of $230 dollars for the Customs and Immigration
Clearance and Stampt Duty So That We Can Proceed With The Delivery Today.


WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL.
YOURS AFFECTIONATLY.
FEDEX COURIER MANAGING DIRECTOR.

FedEx courier
Tel +2347029120686

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