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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 NEW YORK, USA." <executive_fedx@newyork.usa.com>
Reply-To: info@cdpnewyork.co.cc
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:29:27 -0500
Subject: RECEIVE YOUR INHERITANCE MONEY/ ATM CARD FROM FEDEX USA.‏

Find
 expected delivery dates with FedEx
FedEx New York  Office,  USA.
NY 47th and 3rd 747 3rd Ave.
Delivery  fund  ATM payment department.
Contact  E-mail  >>>    info@cdpnewyork.co.cc
Contact  E-mail  >>>    juancento@fedeexnewyork.co.cc



ATTN,

 
THIS  IS  JUAN  CENTO
FedEX  NEW  YORK  OFFICER.



TODAY  I  AM  CONTACTING  YOU  REGARDING  YOUR  ATM  CARD  WHICH  HAS  BEEN  PENDING  IN  OUR  OFFICE  FOR  A  LONG  TIME  AGO,  AND  THE  CARD  WAS  RECEIVED  FROM  OCEANIC  BANK  LONDON  TO  DELIVER  IT  TO  YOU.  ACCORDING  TO  THE  BANK  THEY  STATED  THAT  THE  ATM  CARD  WAS  LOADED  WITH  $15,000,000 .00  UNITED  STATE  DOLLARS  FOR  YOUR  INHERITANCE  CONTRACT  MONEY  BUT  WE  COULDN'T  MAKE  THE  DELIVERY  NOW  DUE  TO  TOO  MUCH  PACKAGES  IN  OUR  OFFICE  AND  TO  AVOID  MISPLACING  OF  YOUR  PACKAGE,  YOU  ARE  ADVISED  TO  ISSUE  US  YOUR  RECEIVER  INFORMATION  BELOW  FOR  CONFIRMATION  AND  RECORDING  PURPOSE  THEN  WE  DELIVER  YOUR  INHERITANCE  FUNDED  ATM  CARD  TO  YOU.

SO  NOW  WHAT  YOU  HAVE  TO  DO  AS  URGENT  FOR  THE  IMMEDIATE   DELIVERY  OF   YOUR  ATM  CARD  IS  TO  FILL  THIS  FORM  BELOW  AND  FORWARD  IT  TO  US  AS  URGENT.



KINDLY  ISSUE  TO  US  YOUR  FULL  NAME :..........

YOUR  HOUSE  ADDRESS :...............

YOUR  PHONE  NUMBER :......

NEAREST  AIR-PORT  IN  YOUR  CITY : ........

COUNTRY :.......

GENDER :...........



YOU  ARE  ADVICE  TO  FILL  THIS  FORM  ABOVE  AND  FORWARD  IT  IMMEDIATELY  SO  THAT  WE  CAN  PROCEED  WITHOUT  ANY  FURTHER  DELAY.  ALSO  FOR  YOUR  INFORMATION,  YOU  HAVE  TO  STOP  ANY  FURTHER COMMUNICATION  WITH  ANY  OTHER  PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S)  TO  AVOID  ANY  HITCHES  IN  RECEIVING YOUR FUND  ATM   PAYMENT..

CONGRATULATION!!


REGARDS  JUAN  CENTO
FedEX  NEW  YORK  OFFICER.
USA.©2011

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