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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. Jerome H Paul" <smithadi763@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ofile3308@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 06:13:40 +0100
Subject:

Good Day,

This is to bring to your notice that I have registered your ATM CARD
of $10.8M with FedEx SECURITY COMPANY, and I have paid the delivery fee
of your ATM, I paid it because the ATM Card of ($2.8m) has a week and
few days to expire and when it expires, the money will go into
Government purse. With that I decided to help you pay the money so
that the ATM will not be expired, because I know that when you get your ATM
card you will definitely gonna send my money back to me with co-operation.
Now I want you to contact FedEx SECURITY COMPANY so that they will
deliver your Card to your address without any delay. Like I stated
earlier, the delivery and registration charges has been paid.

Note Below
for the Company Contact Information.

Contact Person: Mr.Edward E Paul
E-Mail Address: paule8713@gmail.com

Please reconfirm the following details forward to Mr Fred Morris
the Fed Ex SECURITY COMPANY delivery man

Your Full Name:
Your Private Telephone Number:
Your Address where the ATM will be delivered to:
Country/Region:
State:
City:
Your nearest airport:
A copy of your Passport or Driving License:

I have paid for the registration & Delivery fee.The only fee you have to
pay now is $50 for their Insurance fee only.Please ask Him
where to send the Insurance fee of $50 so that you can pay it.

Your TRACKING NUMBER WILL BE SEND TO YOU AFTER YOU SEND THE $100 TO
ENABLE YOU MONITOR THE PACKAGE AND DATE OF DELIVERY.

Best Regards,
Mr. Jerome H Paul

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