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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. Angela Peters" <fedexonline88@fedex.com>
Reply-To: jerry_elliots03@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 05:25:21 +0100 (WAT)
Subject:


Customer Service:


Dear Customer,


We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Package that is been
registered with us forshipping to your residential location. We had
thought that your sender gave you our contact details. It may interest
you to know that a letter is also added to your package.


However, we cannot quote its content to you via email for privacy reasons.
We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank Draft
worth of $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars). As you know,
FedEx does not ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES but BANK DRAFTS are
shippable. The package is registered with us for mailing by your colleague
as claimed, and your colleague explained that he is here in West Africa
for a three (3) month Survey Project as he works with a construction firm
in Nigeria West Africa. We are sending you this email because your
package is been registered on a Special Order.


What you have to do, is to contact our Delivery Department for immediate
dispatch of your package to your residential address. Note that as soon
as our Delivery Team confirms your information, it will take three(3)
working days (72Hrs) for your package to arrive its designated
destination. For your information, the VAT & Shipping charges as well as
Insurance fees have been paid by your colleague before your package was
registered. Note that the payment that is made on the Insurance, Premium
& Clearance Certificates, are to certify that the Bank Draft is not a
Drug Affiliated Fund (DAF) neither is it funds to sponsor Terrorism in
your country.


This will help you avoid any form of query from the Monetary Authority of
your country. However, you will have to pay the sum of $215 to the FedEx
Delivery Department being full payment for the Security Keeping Fee of
the FedEx Company as stated in our privacy terms & condition page.


Also be informed that your colleague wished to pay for the Security
Keeping charges, but we do not accept such payments considering the fact
that all items & packages that is registered with us have a time
limitation and we cannot accept payment without knowing when you will be
picking up the package or even respond to us. So we cannot take the risk
to have accepted such a payment incase of any possible demurrage. Kindly
note that your colleague did not leave us with any further information.
We hope that you respond to us as soon as possible because if you fail to
respond until the expiry date of the foremost package, we may refer the
package to the Appropriate Commission for Welfare as the package do not
have a return address. Kindly contact the delivery department (FedEx
Delivery Post) with the details given below:


Contact Person: Mr. Jerry Elliots
Email: jerry_elliots03@hotmail.com
Tel: +2347068826650


Kindly complete the below information and send it to the email address
given above.This is mandatory to reconfirm your Postal address and
telephone numbers.


FULL NAMES:
TELEPHONE:
POSTAL ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
COUNTRY:


As soon as your details are received, our delivery team will give you the
necessary payment procedure so that you can effect the payment for the
Security Keeping Fees. As soon as they confirm your payment of $215, they
shall immediately dispatch your package to the designated address. It
usually takes 72 Hours being an express delivery service. Note that we
were not instructed to email you, but due to the high priority of your
package we had to inform you as your sender did not leave us with his
phone number because he stated that he just arrived Nigeria West Africa
and he was not on phone yet.


We indeed personally sealed your Bank Draft and we found your email
contact in the attached letter as the recipient of the foremost package.
Ensure to contact the delivery department with the email address and
ensure to fill the above form as well to enable a successful
reconfirmation.


All responses must be forwarded to this email: jerry_elliots03@hotmail.com


Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Angela Peters.
FedEx Online Team Management.
All rights reserved. @ 1995-2010.


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