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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: "Barr. Andrew Wayne (ESQ)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fed1courier@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 12:00:57 +0100
Subject: RELEASING OF YOUR ATM VISA CARD

Good Day,

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Cash Fund of
$12 Million Dollars but I did not hear from you since then because of
the impossibility of your fund transfer through Western Union and
Money Gram Office, I have credited your total sum of $12Million into
an ATM VISA CARD and I went and registered the ATM CARD with FedEx
Express Company for safety purpose meanwhile you are advice to contact
the FedEx Express company with your delivery address.

Note: I have paid for the shipping fee except their security keeping
charge of $200. which I wanted to pay them but they said no because
they don't know when you will contact them in case of demurrage. So
you are to pay the security keeping charge of $200.usd as soon as you
contact them.

The following is the Contact Information of the FedEx Express Customer
Service Director Rev. Desmond Curry , Email Address online:
(fed1courier@gmail.com) Contact them today and also send them the
security official keeping charge to avoid increase of their fees and
let me know once you receive your ATM card.

Please I advice you to reconfirm your delivery address and forward to
the FedEx Express for immediate delivery:

(1) Your full name
(2) Your delivery address
(3) Your direct phone number, so that they will deliver your ATM Card

to your home address immediately.

Like I said earlier I have paid for the shipping fee except their
security keeping fee of $200. USD only you pay this as soon as you
contact them and thats only fee you will pay them.
Here is the FedEx Express Contact Email to avoid wrong contact:

(fed1courier@gmail.com) and this is the staff's information you will
use to send them the $200 below:

Receiver: Mr Peter Okoloa
City/Country: Cotonou/Benin Republic
Question: When
Answer: Today
Amount: $200
Sender's Name====
MTCN=============

I wish you good luck.

Regards
Barr. Andrew Wayne (ESQ)

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