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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 Services" <info@online.org>
Reply-To: fedexdeliveryservices4522@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 06:09:24 -0400
Subject: Good day to you

Good day to you.

We have been waiting for you to contact us for your
Conformable Package that is registered with us for shipping of your
Package to your residential location.
We are hereby obliged to inform you that your parcel has been with us for
weeks now, We got over 20 set of packages from the United Kingdom We took
time to write out the email addresses on the label Of each parcel and
yours was included This is to inform you that we are in possession of your
Parcel (which include a certified cheque worth of $800,000.00 USD and
other vital documents) that we facilitate the clearance of the cheque in
your country, which is to be couriered to you. It is the usual practice of
our organisation to conduct a proper verification of all Packages that we
are to delivered,. What you need to pay is the Security Keeping fee of the
FedEx company as stated in our privacy terms & condition page, in order
to secured your Package.

The cost for the Security Keeping fee is $286 USD.
This is mandatory, kindly complete the below
form to reconfirm your Postal
information:
Name:......................
Occupation:...................
Country:........................
State:...........................
City:.............................
Sex:............................
Age:..........................
Phone:.....................
Await your Swift Response.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Garick Oxford
Email:fedexdeliveryservices4522@yahoo.com.hk
(The Dispatched Officer).
FedEx On-line Team Management © 1995 - 2010 FedEx

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