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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 COMPANY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedexdelivery01@yandex.ru>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:51:24 -0700
Subject: [Spam] CLAIM NOTIFICATION FROM FEDEX COURIER SERVICE

FedEx West Africa Nigeria Head Office
70 International Airport Road
Mafoluku, Lagos.
Tel (+234) 7032755788
Date:18/10/2010

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
$1,500,000.00(One Million five thundred 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 full Name :
2. Residential Address:
3. Private 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 the 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, stamp
duty fee and lots of other universal corps and drug searches which happened to
be the course of your parcel being pending for the past months/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) offices, 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 corps and drug
searches.

We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that contains the sum of
$1,500,000.00 is among the 24 parcel’s listed which is now in our office and
also with your name as the receivers 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 $115.00 usd 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 favour.

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 made via western union
money transfer or Money Gram 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 yourparcel 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 recovered parcel that almost
gone if not for the love that God have for you by favoring you with his favor by
now there could have been no hope at all.We assure you that your parcel will
arrive at your home country in two days time and it will get to your door step
the third day as soon as this company receive the balance payment of $115.00 usd
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 on the way and you will also
know when it will arrive at your home country because we operate in trust and
loyalty in your favor.

And also the FedEx Courier Service Company hereby inform all their customers
through this media by heradicating 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 CUSTOMS STAMP DUTY CHARGES BEFORE DELIVERY EFFECT, FIND
BELOW the information for Western union or money gram to enable you make the
payment of $115.00 usd before the delivery commence:

Receivers Name: BEN MARTINS
Receivers Address: 70 International Airport Road Mafoluku, Lagos, Nigeria
Senders Name: ------------
senders Address:------------
Text Question: What Colour?
Answer: Brown
MTCN Number:--------------

Amount to be sent: $115.00 US Dollar

Please you have to send the full payment information including the MTCN Number
to enable us fully proceed on your delivery FedEx is one of the world's greatest
successful story, 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 (+234) 7032755788
email: fedexdelivery001@yandex.ru
WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL.
YOURS AFFECTIONATLY.

FEDEX COURIER MANAGING DIRECTOR..

Mr Mark E Newton
Tel (+234) 7032755788
fedexdelivery001@yandex.ru

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