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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: N/C Miss Patricia Jonathan <femfusman1980@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fedex_office21@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 01:28:32 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: Contact Fedex Company For The Delivery of Your Consignment.


ATTENTION PLEASE MY DEAR.


I have paid the fee
for your Cheque draft and i took it to the FINANCIAL BANK PLC to confirm it then
the Manager of the Bank MR BENARD UGO told me that before the check can get to
you it will expire on the way and if it expired it will become useless so He
advice me to convert $8.5Million (EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US
DOLLARS) into cash and pack it into the strong iron box and deposite it in
FEDEX  EXPRESS DELIVERY 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
foriegn check or draft.

SHIPMENT CODE AWB
33XZS
PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442.
SECURITY CODE
SCTC/2001DHX/567/
TRANSACTION CODE 233/CSTC/101/33028/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT
CODE SCTC/BUN/xxiv/-78/01

I deposited the
package in the Fedex  Express Delivery Company as an cotton materials for
secuirty reasons.This is the registration Number of your Package
golrde/122p/mtm/1414, Zip Code;0113838 so do not let the company to know the
real contents of the package so that they can deliver it for you safely. I want
you to contact the company immediately with the following informations, i give
them your information but you need to reconfirm it for them again. Below is the
required infomation you need to give them now.

1.YOUR FULL NAME______________
2.YOUR HOME
ADDRESS.______________
3.YOUR COUNTRY_______
4.CITY_______
5.ZIP-CODE___________
6.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE
NUMBER._______________
7.YOUR CURRENT
OFFICE TELEPHONE._____________
8.A COPY OF YOUR
PICTURE____
9.AGE_______SEX______
10.YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT__________________

You will only pay their Security
Keeping Fee and all these things is needed from you now to submmit to the
company for urgent delivery of your package contains $8.5Million US Dollar
Please contact the FedEx Company immediately and reconfirm your information to
them to enable their agent locate you when he arrived in your country.


This is the company contact information.
DR. ROBERT KEOGH
Director General
FEDEX Express Delivery Company Benin
Republic.
Email:
(export.fedex@xd.ae)
Email:( fedex_office21@yahoo.com )
Tel Fax
Phone;+229-9530-5887

Please contact the
company immediately you receive this email so that your package will leave
tonight immediately to deliver to you. Get back to me as soon as you receive
your package from the company.

Yours
Faithfully
Miss Patricia Jonathan,
National Coordinator
Foreign Payment
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