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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: "Mr. Andy Long" <cnd914@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: solution_expresscourier@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 06:20:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COMPANY IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR CONSINGMENT BOX.


Attention:

I am with your cheque draft and i took it to the FINANCIAL BANK PLC to confirm it then the Manager of the Bank MR BENARD MATU told me that before the check  get to you it will expire on the way and if it expired it will become useless so He advice me to Convert $2.5m (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) into cash and pack it into the strong iron box and deposit it in FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC to deliver it in cash to you. And I did it as he advice me because he is a banker he knows the durability of any foreign check or draft. I deposited the consignment in the FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY as cotton materials for security reasons.

This is the registration Number of your consignment FEDEX/122p/mtm/2011 Zip Code; 0113388 so do not let the company to know the real contents of the consignment so that they can deliver it for you safely. I want you to contact the company immediately with the following information Though i give them your information but you need to reconfirm it for them. Below is the required information you need to give them now,
1.FULL NAME:______________________
2.DELIVERY ADDRESS:_______________
3.PHONE:__________________________ 
4.FAX NUMBER:_____________________
5.A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY:________
6.AGE:____________________________
7.MARITAL STATUS:_________________
8.COUNTRY:________________________
9.CITY:___________________________
10.OCCUPATION:____________________
 
All these things is needed from you now to submit to the company for urgent delivery of your consignment contains $2.5M Please CONTACT the delivery company immediately and reconfirm your info to them to enable their agent locate you when he arrived in your country. This is the information below:Directors Name:MR SAM AIL
Companys Name:FEDEX Courier services,
Contact Email:(solution_expresscourier@hotmail.com)
FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY BENIN-REPUBLIC.
 
Please contact the company immediately you receive this email so that your consignment will leave immediately and deliver to you. Get back to me as soon as you receive your consignment from the company. God Bless you.
 
Best Regard,
Mr. Andy Long

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