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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: "Mr. Philip Long." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <michaeldouglas24@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 16:39:07 -0500
Subject: GOOD DAY,

 
 
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 the draft has expired or getting near to
 
the date of expire and Dr. Wilson the Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft
 
will get to your hand that it will expire. So I told him to cash the $850,000 USD UNITED
 
STATES DOLLARS to 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 middle of july 2014.
 
 
What you have to do now is to contact FEDEX COURIER SERVICES as soon as
possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment to you because of the expiring
 
date. For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium. The
 
only money you will send to the FEDEX COURIER SERVICES to deliver your Consignment direct
 
to your postal Address in your country is ($150.00 US) only being Security Keeping Fee of
 
the Courier Company so far. Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money
 
except $150.00 US Dollars.
 
I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you
will contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to contact FEDEX COURIER SERVICES now
 
for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow;
 
Directors Name: Mr. Kaygee Mark
Company’s Name: FEDEX COURIER SERVICES
Email Address: (michaeldouglas24@outlook.com)
 
Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to
 
them and your pin  again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery, after sending the security
 
keeping fee ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over
 
there and know when it will get to your address. Let me repeat again, Try to contact them
 
as soon as you receive this mail and ask them how you will make the security fee of $150usd
 
to them to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of
 
$150.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.
 
Note this. The FEDEX COURIER SERVICES don't know the contents of the Box. I
registered it as a BOX of Africa cloths. They did not know the content was
money. This is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don’t let them know that box contents
 
are money ok.
Mean while your pin number is (1985) dont forget have it in your mind good day
 
Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Philip Long.
 

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