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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: "fdI.c@insurer.com" <fdI.c@insure.com>
Reply-To: <fdI.c@insurer.com>
Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 15:23:55 +0100
Subject: Last Update To You



--
IF NO SIGN OF SERIOUSNESS IS SHOWN I WILL HAVE NO CHOICE THAN TO
PROGRAM
YOUR CASHIER CHECK OUT OF SERVICE AND IT WILL BE USELESS.

I RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM OUR ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT IN REGARD TO YOUR
CASHIER
CHECK WHICH WAS DEPOSITED $10.5MILLION USD SINCE APRIL 2013 AND UP TILL
NOW
NO
TRANSACTION OR WITHDRAW WAS MADE FROM THE CASHIER CHECK.

I MADE AN INVESTIGATION WITH THE HELP OF HEAD OFFICE AND I FOUND OUT
YOU
HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE CASHIER CHECK WHICH WORTH $10.5MILLION USD DUE TO
LACK OF CO-OPERATION FROM YOU.

I WAS NOT HAPPY WHEN I KNEW THE ONLY FEE REQUIRED TO ENABLE THE
SHIPMENT OF
THE PACKAGE TO YOU IS NOT MUCH I QUICKLY CONTACTED THE FDIC CENTER TO
ASSIST IN MAKING SURE YOUR PACKAGE GET TO YOU TODAY AND I WANT YOU TO
ABIDE
TO THE INSTRUCTION BELOW OR ELSE THE THE CASHIER CHECK WILL BE
PROGRAMMED
OUT OF SERVICE AND RENDER USELESS.

THE ONLY FEE REQUIRED FROM YOU IS $65 ONLY AND YOU HAVE NOTHING TO
WORRY
ABOUT,ONCE THE CHARGED FEE IS RECEIVED FROM YOU, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR
CASHIER CHECK IN THE NEXT 14 HOURS ONCE THE FLIGHT COMMENCE.
AWAIT YOUR REPLY SO I CAN FORWARD THE PAYMENT DETAILS TO YOU.

JULIANA HIRSCH
1-916-550-3904
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

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