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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348088853026 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: FEDEX COURIER <fedexcourierservice7777@fedexcourier.com>
Reply-To: fedexcourierservice7777@live.co.uk
Date: 21 Jun 2008 18:26:24 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION: FEDEX COURIER MANAGING DIRECTOR

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit




Plot 8,Ahmed Way,

Victoria Island,Lagos Nigeria.

DATE:21/06/2008

Direct line +234-80-8885-3026

Office line +234-1-888530255

Customers Service Hours--Monday To Saturday:

Office Hours Monday To Saturday:





Attention:





FedEx provides access to a growing global market place through a

network of supply chain, transportation, and business and related

information services. The FedEx courier Service Company is hereby

passing an essential message to all our valuable customers to be very

careful while presenting their Receivers/Residential Address to avoid

wrong delivery.



Authoritatively, this is the FedEx courier service company mailing you

in respect of your parcel that was brought to this company to be

delivered to you by his Secretary. Before the delivery protocols

commenced, there was a misunderstanding between you and the National

Insurance Corporation of Nigeria (NICON) over the Insurance

Certificate which caused the delay of you receiving your parcel for

the past one year.





Meanwhile we are happy to inform you that the FedEx has finalized

everything with the (NICON) and subsequently approved yours among the

24 valuable parcels's to be couriered after the released of the

parcels from the (NICON)



We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that contains

an ATM CARD worth $950,000.00 (Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand United

State Dollars) is among the 24 parcel's listed which is now in our

office and also with your name as the receiver despise that we lost

your private residential address which is an indication that you can

now re-send your residential address back to the FedEx company where

your parcel can be delivered to you without hesitation.





Meanwhile remember that the sender of this parcel a Secretary still

owes this company the sum of $150 before the incident occued. Know you

that we have spent some money in the process by recovering back your

parcel. We once again appreciate your patronage. Without hesitation

you are to pay for just the balance left by your sender via western

union money transfer so that your parcel can be delivered to your

residential address before it attracts demurrage.





Your parcel is not just an ordinary parcel but with a huge amount and

I think you understand what I mean by accumulating a demurrage? Which

you will not allow to happen to the recovery parcel that almost gone

if not for the love that the good God has for you. I urge you to make

hay while the sun shines.





We assure you that your parcel will arrive your country within 3 days

as soon as this company receive your full residential address and the

balance left by you and the tracking number of your parcel will be

sent to you via e-mail immediately so that you can track it yourself

to see whether we are competent in the discharge of our duties.



FedEx courier Service Company do hereby inform all their customers to

be at alert especially with allsorts of scam mails that might be

coming to you Globally. Be careful with their e-mails so that your

parcel will not be in danger with their evil planes.



PAYMENT INFORMATION OFFICE



SENDERS NAME-------

RECIEVERS NAME------AWANOVWE WILLIAMS ESSAY

ADDRESS---- LAGOS-NIGERIA .

TEXT QUESTION------------GOD IS

TEXT ANSWER---------------ABLE

AMOUNT TO BE PAID---------$ 150



ALSO SEND THE 10 DIGITS MTCN NUMBER FROM WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.



FedEx is one of the world's great success stories, the start-up that

revolutionized the delivery of packages and information. In the past

30 years, we've grown up and grown into a diverse family of companies'

-a FedEx that's bigger, stronger, better than ever.



ATTENTION: FEDEX COURIER MANAGING DIRECTOR





Thanks for your Co-operation.

Yours Affectionately.

Mr. Tony Davis.

For the Ikeja Branch Manager FedEx Express Services Lagos-Nigeria.

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