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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 Rose Walters ." <"xxxx.3."@poem.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs Rose Walters ." <jerryjames240@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 20:13:43 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX OFFICE.




Hello My Dear,


After waiting and no response was heard, I deposited and also paid for the delivery fee of your $1.5 Million US Dollars, as Consignment box to FED EXPRESS in Benin, Republic because I traveled to Israel to visit my friend and I will not be back till March 20th, 2017.I want you to contact the FED EXPRESS COMPANY to know when they will be delivering your consignment.


I have paid for the delivery charges And also the insurance fee, the only fee you will pay them is the monthly demur rage fee which they would pay the security department that are Guarding
your consignment since the deposition day.


But if you will be very fast in contacting them, you will be charged for only one month demur rage fee which will cost only $270 USD. So I urge you to contact them as soon as you receive this email. But I will advice you make the payment before contacting the company manager so at once you do provide the payment reference number/Mtcn so to enhance the delivery.use below detail to make the payment as ordered.


USE MONEY GRAM or western union
RECEIVER: NAME: WILLIAMS OBI
COUNTRY.....BENIN REPUBLIC
STAT.....COTONOU
TEXT QUESTION: BETTER
ANSWER: BEST
AMOUNT: $270
MTCN....
SENDERS NAME:..


CONTACT PERSON:Mr JAMES JERRY
MANAGER FED EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY
E-mail :( jerryjames240@gmail.com)


Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increase in demurrage fee.I gave them your delivery address but you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistakes in the delivery
of your fund.


Reconfirm below information to the company.


Your Full Name-----------------------
Your Address---------------------------
Home Telephone---------------------




Finally indicate this code: GM0081 when contacting them, it will identify that you are the owner of the $1.5 Million United States Dollars consignment trunk box.


Deposited in the company. Do let me know as soon as you receive your
consignment and take a proper account of the content if the content is $1.5 Million United States Dollars.


Regards,
Mrs Rose Walters .



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