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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. felix Adam" <kayitaesp@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: unitedstateembassy53@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 18:26:14 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: D.C.20535-0001, USA


Attention: Dear Value Customer,


In regard to your package which contain the
MasterCard. FedEx update me today
that your package have stay long than what
they expected and they want you to
show some seriousness to the charge fee
required to get the package shipped to
you.

I know things are hard now
in terms of financially but you need to know that
this package is very
important and the total amount the MasterCard contain is
$20 Million usd and
your daily limit withdraw is $15,000 per day program by
the International
Credit system.

The charge fee required to pay the security keeping fee is
$57and this is the
last fee required if any other fee occurs i will make sure
FedEx return all
the money you have sent previously so you have nothing to
worry about, I
assure you that i will make sure shipment commence once the
charge fee is paid
to US.

THE PAYMENT INFORMATION OF ANEKWE JUDE TO
SEND THE $57AND ONCE PAYMENT IS MADE
GET BACK TO ME WITH THE PAYMENT
CONFIRMATION DETAILS SO I CAN FORWARD IT TO
HIM SO THE CHARGE FEE CAN BE PAID
AND SHIPMENT WILL COMMENCE ONCE
THIS IS DONE OK.
 
RECEIVE
NAME................ ALXE NWABUDE
ADDRESS:,,,,,,,,,,,, BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY:
...................COTONOU
COUNTRY:........ ZIP CODE: 299
TEXT
.................ONCE
ANSWER: .....FAITH
AMOUNT........$57

Once
payment is made get back to me with the payment confirmation details
required
below so shipment can commence. and i will forward it to FedEx so
shipment
will commence immediately.

SENDER NAME:??
CONFIRMATION MTCN
NUMBER:??
SENDER ADDRESS :??
TEXT QUESTION USED??
ANSWER
USED:??
AMOUNT SENT:?

NOTE: THE TOTAL AMOUNT YOUR MASTERCARD CONTAIN
IS $20 MILLION USD AND THIS
INCLUDE INTEREST UP TILL DATE. YOUR DAILY LIMIT
WITHDRAW IS $15,000 PER DAY.

ONCE YOUR PACKAGE IS SHIPPED AND YOU RECEIVE
IT YOU WILL RECOVER ALL YOU HAVE
SPENT. HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.

Have a
wonderful day and remember all you need to send is $57 only to
complete
everything.

Email Address; ( unitedstateembassy53@yahoo.com)
Dr.
Micheal Lyles.SENIOR OFFICE DEPARTMENT
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FBI.WASHINGTON DC.J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,NW
Washington,
D.C.20535-0001, USA
Private tel; +229 99 37 52
40.




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