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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 and Mrs Allen Large" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <federalexpressltd@careceo.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 17:27:19 +0100
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX NOW

Attention,

This is a personal email directed to you, Let me formally introduce
myself to you, my name is (Mr. Allen Large). I and my dear wife Violet won a
Jackpot Lottery of $11.3 million in July 2010 and have voluntarily
decided to donate the sum of $500,000.00 USD to you as part of our own charity
project to improve the lives of 5 lucky individuals all over the world.

Your email address was submitted to us by the Google Management Team
and you received this email because we have listed you as one of the
lucky recipients. Kindly send your below details to Federal Express Ltd to
enable them effect the delivery of your valid Bank Draft of $500,000.00
USD to you immediately.

We have paid for the necessary delivery fee except that of the
Administration and Handling charges which is $160 only. And this was because
we
don't know how soon you will be contacting FedEx.

CONTACT FEDEX NOW WITH THE BELOW INFO:
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Federal Express Ltd.
5985 Explorer Drive. Mississauga, NIGERIA
Delivery Officer: Dr Jean Richard.
E-mail: federalexpressltd@careceo.com
Tel: +2348163224334
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*Your Full Names:
*Your Mobile Number:
*Your Delivery Address:

Ensure you respond to this email using your security code
[A7449METP00-010]as subject. Reply for claims without this security code will
be
alerting
the Anti-fraud Unit and IC3.

verify this by visiting the web pages below.
http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/15795402

Kind Regards,
Mr/Mrs. Allen Violet Large.
Online Co-Ordinator: Eileen Dunavan

Anti-fraud resources: