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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: "Federal Express Co-operation." <info@fedex.com>
Reply-To: fedexpackagedelivery@xnmsn.cn
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:06:59 +0200 (EET)
Subject: Dear Customer!!

Dear Customer!!

We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Confirm able
Package that is registered with us for shipping 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.

We understand that the content of your package itself is a Bank
Draft worth of $750,000.00 USD, FedEx do not ship money in CASH or in
CHEQUES but Bank Drafts are shippable.The package is registered with
us for mailing by your colleague, and your colleague explained that he
is from the U.S.A but he is currently in Africa for a three (3)
months Surveying Project as he works with a consultant firm in Nigeria,
We are sending you this email because your package is been registered on a
Special Order.

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 a sum of $90USD 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.
Send your Postal address ,telephone and your name in full
this is mandatory to reconfirm your Postal address and telephone.
Please note that packages are not shipped nor delivered on Saturday,
Sunday and on holidays. If your order has been placed on any of these days,
then it may be shipped the following business day.

Kindly complete the below form and send it to the FEDEX DELIVERY POST
with the below informations.This is mandatory to reconfirm your
Postal address and telephone numbers.

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

FEDEX DELIVERY POST
Email:fedexpackagedelivery@xnmsn.cn
Phone number:+234 7060551420
Contact Person:Mr.James Larry.
**ALL PACKAGES ARE SIGNATURE REQUIRED.

If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to contact
us between Monday – Friday: 9:00am – 9:00pm EST
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Sundays: 10:00am - 4:00pm EST

Have a great day!

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