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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: "Mrs. Christy Walton" <cwalton@dome.com>
Reply-To: mrs.cwalton@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 05:26:02 -0400
Subject: Dear Customer!!!





Dear Customer!!!

We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Confirmable
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 $950,000.00USD (Nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars),
FedEx does not ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES but Bank Drafts are
shippable. The
package is registered with Us for mailing by your colleague from United
Nations Organization, and Your colleague explained that he is from
U.S.A but he is currently In Africa for a three (3) months Surveying
Project as he works with a Consultant firm in Nigeria, We are sending
you this email because your Package is been registered on a Special Order.
For your information, the VAT & Shipping charges as well as Insurance
fees have been paid by your Colleague before your package was registered.
Note that the payment that is made on the Insurance, Premium & Clearance
Certificates, are to certify that the Bank Draft is not a Drug Affiliated
Fund (DAF). This will help you Avoid any form of query from the Monetary
Authority of your country.

However, you will have to pay a sum of $300.00 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.
Please note that packages are not shipped nor delivered on Saturday,
Sunday and on holidays. If your order has been placed on any of these days,
Then it may be shipped the following business day.
Kindly complete the below form and send it to the FEDEX DELIVERY POST
With the below informations. This is mandatory to reconfirm your
Postal address and telephone numbers.

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

FEDEX DELIVERY POST
Contact Person: Fabio Stewart
Contact Email:fedexcourierdpmt@qq.com
+2348059276314

**ALL PACKAGES ARE SIGNATURE REQUIRED.
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