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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. DOROTHY SMITH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dispatchunit_fedex@administrativos.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 13:55:00 +0100
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE COMPANY TO RECEIVE THE FUND I KEPT FOR YOU

Attention: Dear Sir/ Madam,

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $950,000 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you for a couple of Months now. Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to its expiring date, and one Dr.Wilson Fred, the Director Bank of Africa told me that your bankdraft would be expired before it gets to you at your destination due to the expiring date written on it.

So I told him to convert the bankdraft to a ATM CARD cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for a six Months Course and I won't be back till the end of july, 2011. So What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment to you because of the expiring date on it. For your information,i have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium, etc.

The only money you will send to the FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER SERVICE COMPANY to deliver your Consignment directly to your postal Address in your country is ($97.00 USD) Ninety seven U.S Dollars only being for the SECURITY KEEPING FEE/INTUITY FEE of your consignment. Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $97.00 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.

NOTE THIS IS THE REAL FEDEX DESPATCH ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE CONATACT, DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY ANYONE ELSE.

You have to contact them for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow;

1 Your Full Name:......
2, Your Delivery Address:...
3, Your Cell Phone Number:......Very Important.
4,Your Age:........
5,Your Country:...........Very Important.
6,Your OCUPATION:.......
7,Your Sex:.......

Director Of dispatch unit Name: Dr. Fred Thompson
Companys Name: FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY
Email Address: dispatchunit_fedex@administrativos.com

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 after you have paid the $97 to enable you track your package online and to know when it will get to you at your doorstep.

Note that will give you the tracking number after you have paid the $97 to them.

BELOW IS THE INFORMATION ON HOW TO MAKE THE PAYMENT OF $97.00 FOR THE SECURITY KEEPING OF YOUR PACKAGE THROUGH WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM TO THEM BECAUSE THAT IS THE MODE OF PAYMENT THEY RECEIVE FOR THE TRANSACTION.

RECEIVER'S NAME: MR. JOHN MARK.
RECEIVER'S NAME: ABUJA, NIGERIA.
TEXT QUESTION: Yes
TEXT ANSWER: Yes.
AMOUNT TO SEND: $97.00

As soon as you make the payment of the Security Keeping Fee, please contact and write to them on E-mail to forward the MTCN ( 10 Digit Number ) given to you at the Western Union payment centre for verification of your payment to Mr Fred Thompson on the email above.

NOTE: The FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY don't know the contents of the Box. I registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. They did not know the contents was money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX.

Yours Faithfully,
MRS. DOROTHY SMITH


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