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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: "Kabila" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedex-csrb@hotmail.fr>
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:53:59 +0100
Subject: Contact fedex for your Package

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 $950,000.00 USD, The package is registered with Us for mailing by one of your colleague, We are sending you this email because your Package is been registered on a Special Order. For your information, the VAT & Shipping charges fees have been paid by your Colleague before your package was registered.

However, you will have to pay a sum of $100.00 USD to the FedEx Delivery Department being full payment for the Security Keeping Fee of the parcel Been registered by your colleague, 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.

Kindly complete the below form and send it to the FEDEX DELIVERY POST With the below information’s. This is mandatory to reconfirm your Postal address and telephone numbers.

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

FEDEX DELIVERY POST
Email: fedex-csrb@hotmail.fr
Phone Number: +229 98277082
Contact Person: Angelo Kabila.

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