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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: FedEx Online Management Team <"www."@poem.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: FedEx Online Management Team <fedex_express.courie88@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 11:37:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FedEx Online Management Team

Dear Customer,

We have been waiting for you to contact us for your Package that is been registered with us for shipping to your residential

location. We had thought that your sender gave you our contact details. It may interest you to know that a letter is also

added to your package.

However, we cannot quote its content to you via email for privacy reasons. We understand that the content of your package

itself is a Bank Draft worth of $268,000.00 (Two Hundred And Sixty-Eight Thousand US Dollars). As you know, FedEx does not

ship money in CASH or in CHEQUES but BANK DRAFTS are shippable. The package is registered with us for mailing by your

colleague as claimed, and your colleague explained that he is here in West Africa for a three (3) month Survey Project as he

works with a construction firm in West Africa. We are sending you this email because your package is been registered on a

Special Order.

What you have to do, is to contact our Delivery Department for immediate dispatch of your package to your residential

address. Note that as soon as our Delivery Team confirms your information, it will take three (3) working days (72Hrs) for

your package to arrive its designated destination. For your information, the VAT & Shipping charges as well as Insurance fees

have been paid by your colleague before your package was registered. Note that the payment that is made on the Insurance,

Premium & Clearance Certificates, are to certify that the Bank Draft is not a Drug Affiliated Fund (DAF) neither is it funds

to sponsor Terrorism in your country.

This will help you avoid any form of query from the Monetary Authority of your country. However, you will have to pay a sum

of $265 USD to the FedEx Delivery Department being full payment for the Security Keeping Fee of the FedEx Company as stated

in our privacy terms & condition page.

Also be informed that your colleague wished to pay for the Security Keeping charges, but we do not accept such payments

considering the fact that all items & packages that is registered with us have a time limitation and we cannot accept payment

without knowing when you will be picking up the package or even respond to us. So we cannot take the risk to have accepted

such a payment incase of any possible demurrage. Kindly note that your colleague did not leave us with any further

information. We hope that you respond to us as soon as possible because if you fail to respond until the expiry date of the

foremost package, we may refer the package to the British Commission for Welfare as the package do not have a return address.

Kindly contact the delivery department (FedEx Delivery Post) with the details given below:

Contact Person:Mr Henry dav diplomat Agent

Email:(fedex_express.courie88@yahoo.com)

Tel: +229 99646478

tel,229 61789641

Kindly complete the below information and send it to the email address given above. This is mandatory to reconfirm your
Postal address and telephone numbers.

1)FULL NAMES:..................
2)TELEPHONE:..........
3)POSTAL ADDRESS:...........
4)CITY:.....................
5)WORKING ID:.....................
6)STATE:
7)COUNTRY:..................

As soon as your details are received, our delivery team will give you the necessary payment procedure so that you can effect

the payment for the Security Keeping Fees. As soon as they confirm your payment of $265 USD, they shall immediately dispatch

your package to the designated address. It usually takes 72 Hours being an express delivery service. Note that we were not

instructed to email you, but due to the high priority of your package we had to inform you as your sender did not leave us

with his phone number because he stated that he just arrived England and he was not on
phone yet.

We indeed personally sealed your Bank Draft and we found your email contact in the attached letter as the recipient of the

foremost package. Ensure to contact the delivery department with the email address and ensure to fill the above form as well

to enable successful reconfirmation.

All responses must be forwarded to

(fedex_express.courie88@yahoo.com)

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Margaret Blaire.

FedEx Online Management Team

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