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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: "FedEx Express" <info@fed.com>
Reply-To: fedexcourierexpress01@9.cn
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 04:53:38 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Good Day!




FedEx
Unit 4, Golden Business Park,
Orient Way, Leyton, London-E10 7EF.
Email:fedexcourierexpress01@9.cn
Office Hours Monday to Saturday



Attention!


This is The FedEx Express Delivery Company mailing you as per your parcel
that was brought to this company to be delivered to you by one Mrs. Jesse
Lucky of the Bill Gates Foundation.Please be informed that The FedEx
Express Delivery Company has finalised everything with the Prudential
Insurance Company of America as the company has also listed 19 valuable
parcels to be intact in their office after the release of the parcels from
the Microsoft Inc.

We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that contain a
Certified Check backed by The International Monetary Fund (I.M.F) of the
sum £3,700,000.00 (Three Million, Seven Hundred Thousand-British Pound
Sterling), is among the 19 parcels listed which is now in our office and
also with your name as the receiver despite that we lost your delivery
address due to a data crash on our computers.

Do contact the FedEx Express Courier COMPANY with your
Full Name:
Occupation:
Telephone:
Delivery Address:


NOTE:

You became a Beneficiary to this Fund (Three Million, Seven Hundred
Thousand British Pounds Sterling) via The Internet E-Mail Lottery,
organised by Bill Gates owner of the Microsoft Inc to encourage Computer
Usage.

The FedEx Express Delivery Company are hereby passing an essential massage
to all our valuable customers to be very careful while presenting their
receivers residential address to avoid wrong delivery.Do reply with your
delivery address and please call as you reply.

Best Wishes

Mr Andy Brown(Controller)
Fedex Express Delivery Company ,
E-mail: fedexcourierexpress01@9.cn


Copyright © 2012 Fedex Exp Courier Co. All rights reserved

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