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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: "Mrs. Frances Clark" <admin@simdoo.com>
Reply-To: <fedexexp@hosanna.net>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2010 04:28:06 -0700
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX NOW YOUR CONSIGNMENT IS READY 84

Goodday!


I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $4.500M United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now. Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Mr.James Ddams the Director Ecobank of Benin told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the $4.500.00M USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for a 8 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of January 2011.


What you have to do now is to contact FEDEX COURIER SERVICES as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment
to you because of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium.


The only money you will send to the FEDEX COURIER SERVICES to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($125.00 US)United States Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $125.00 US 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 FEDEX COURIER SERVICES now for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow;Directors Name: Dr.Marcel Wes


Companys Name:FEDEX COURIER SERVICES
The Directors name is ( Dr.Marcel Wes )
Direct Telephone :+229-97 629 092
Email Address: fedexcc@hosanna.net OR Email:fedexcc@hosanna.net


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 over there 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 $125.00US Dollars for their immediate action.


Note this. The FEDEX COURIER SERVICES don't know the contents of the Box. I registered it as a BOX of Bible Church. They did not know the contents was money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don’t let them know that box contents money ok.


I am waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Frances Clark

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