419 scam: "COMPENSATION DEPARTMENT"<postmaster@localhost.com> COMPENSATION FOR SCAM AND NON SCAM VICTIMS WHOM HAVE BEEN EXPECTING THERE ATM C

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "security keeping fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- amguyking@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "COMPENSATION DEPARTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <amguyking@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 08:42:47 -0700
Subject: COMPENSATION FOR SCAM AND NON SCAM VICTIMS WHOM HAVE BEEN EXPECTING THERE ATM CARD OR BANK DRAFT FROM NIGERIA

Good day!!!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $850,000 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now. Then I went to the bank to confirm if your draft has expired and Dr. Wilson the Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it might expire.

So I told him to cash the $850,000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of January 2014.

What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX DELIVERY AGENT Mr. Guy King whom i handed over your Box of Money to for urgent delivery to your door step. In that case you are to contact him as soon as possible to know when he will deliver your Consignment to you.. For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium.
The only money you will send to the FEDEX DELIVERY AGENT Mr. Guy King to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($135.00 US) only being the Security Keeping Fee of your package which contain your Box of Cash worth $850,000 United States Dollars. Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $135.00 US Dollars only for the Security keeping fee of your package.

I would have paid the $135.00 but the FEDEX DELIVERY AGENT Mr. Guy King said no because he don't know when you will contact him for your pickup. You have to contact the FEDEX DELIVERY AGENT Mr. Guy King right now for the delivery of your Consignment direct to your postal Address;

Agent Name: Mr. Guy King
Private Email Address: amguyking@gmail.com

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to him again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery. Let me repeat again, Try to contact him as soon as you receive this mail and ask him how you will sending the security keeping fee of $135 only to avoid any further delay.

Note this. The FEDEX EXPRESS SERVICE Managing Director don't know the contents of the Box only Mr. Guy King the agent whom i handed over your package to for delivery to your door step because i registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. They did not know the contents contain your cash worth $850,000 USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS. This is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don’t let them know the box contents because if the Managing Director discovers the content, it might resolve to money laundering.

Yours Faithfully,
Ms. Felicia R. Jones

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