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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: "FBI UNITED STATE ON YOUR ATM CARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fexdexofficenewyork@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2017 08:26:38 +0100
Subject: FEDEX OFFICE READ ABOUT YOUR CORRECT ATM CARD1

I AM  ROBERT  DONALD.
FEDEX NEW YORK OFFICE
Phone: +1-917-775-8023.
Email:  fexdexofficenewyork@gmail.com
 
 
Dear  Sir
i am  Robert  Donald  From  FedEx whom told you to send your last  fee of $100 dollars and take  your atm card which sent to you from zenith bank London.
 
Zenith bank Phone is: +44-703-191-9236. or +44-703-191-6095.  or  +44-702-4074378..
contact managers name is : Davis Williams.
Email:    banklondonzenith@gmail.com
then  if  you send the last $100 dollars by money gram or western union only
then make sure  to give FedEx new York all your correct House address and phone number to avoid delivery mistake.
 
 
 
also bear in mind that your total amount of money from zenith Bank  is about Fifteen Million Dollars  $15,000,000,00.
 
now  the reason why we directed you to send the last fee to the west Africa is because the attach certificate is very low  amount  as
$100 dollars only  than other countries of  the  world  and make sure you
contact David Rebholz of FedEx in west Africa for him to issue the
attach certificate in the rate of $100 dollars only.
 
 
see the only name to contact in west African FedEx name DAVID REBHOLZ
who was Transferred from  London to the  west Africa about  to  issued  the
certificate to  attach  in  your  file before  the  delivery of your atm card.
Email  him  at  :   davidrbhlzfdx@gmail.com
or phone him at  + 234-706-665-5666,
 
 
this  is  the  name  to  send  the last  fee  of  $200  dollars  to
with  western  Union to  USA.
 
send  with  western  union  to  America
Name:    CAMILLE  CAUSIN.  
address:  MARIETTA  GEORGIA   USA.
amount:   $200  dollars.
 
 
Name:   Nwabueze   ikechukwu.
Country: Nigeria.
Amount: $100 dollars. (money gram or western union)
city: Lagos.
address: 45  airport  Road  mafoluku  Lagos.
text question: delivery.
text answer: Card.
Then you send the mtcn.
 
 
THANKS Robert  Donald
CEO director
FedEx Office, New York
Phone:+1-917-775-8023.
Reply here:    fexdexofficenewyork@gmail.com
 

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