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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "demurrage " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "stamp duty" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "tax fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "claim agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "united state of america" (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)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a 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.
- +2348064030009 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- fedexservice009@hotmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "MAXIE.DEVINE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedexservice009@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:17:45 +0100
Subject: Notification

The Director,
FedEx Courier Sevice
FedEx Nigeria Head Office:
www.fedex.com

70 International Airport Road
Mafoluku, Lagos.
Office Tel: +234809853612
E-mail: fedexservice009@hotmail.com

Dear Valued Beneficiary,

CLAIM LETTER OF NOTIFICATION.

This is to notify you that your parcel is still in our possession, this parcel contained

an International Cashier Bank Draft/Cheque worth the sum of Four Hundred And Fifty

Thousand United State of America Dollars, ($450,000.00) only and it is ready for delivery

to your door step. Meanwhile, before the delivery or shipment will take effect, you are

advice to send to us the following data’s mention below:

1.Your Names:
2.Address:
3.Telephone:
4.Age:
5.country:

The above requested information’s will enable us deliver your parcel correctly without

any mistake or delivering your parcel to a wrong person. Further more, you might be

asking yourself how come this email, cheque or draft, Anyway, your cheque was brought to

this office by a Lottery Fiduciary Agent Or Claim Agent which you normally called your

partner/good brother, signifying that you are a rightful winner to their Lottery Award

selected randomly from 10 lucky email addresses which your email address is one of the

lucky email address.

FedEx courier service now mailing you as per your parcel that was brought to this company

to be delivered to you by lottery groups, along the delivery process that brought a

misunderstanding between you and your lottery claim agent and in regards of their request

as per their insurance certificate cost and tax fee which happened to be the course of

your parcel being pending for the past months/one year. Meanwhile we are hereby happy to

inform you that the FedEx Company has finalized everything with the Nigeria Deposit

Insurance Corporation, and the Internal Revenue tax office as the company organization

has also listed 24 valuable parcel’s to be intact in their office after the released of

the parcel’s from the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation and Internal Revenue

office(TAX).

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

($450,000.00) 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, telephone as stated

above back to the FedEx company where your parcel can be delivered to you without

hesitation with this e-mail ( fedexservice009@hotmail.com )

Meanwhile remember that the sender of this parcel to you that’s the fiduciary agent still

owes this company the sum of $100 usd before the incident occurs, Note that this fee is

not just for the delivery of your bank draft only but it includes the immigration

authorities and customs stamp duty fees which is the $100 usd, this company has spend out

their incomes in the process of recovering back your parcel, so dear customer we once

again appreciate your patronage in our favor. Without hesitations you are to pay for

just the balance left by your sender since we have lost his contact. This payment have to

be sent via western union money/money gram transfer with the below payment information so

that your parcel can be delivered to your residential address before it accumulate a

demurrage after one week only,as you know 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 your recovery parcel that almost go We assure you

that your parcel will arrive at your country in two working days time and it will get to

your door step the third day as soon as this company receive the balance left by your

sender. The tracking number of your parcel including shipment airway bill will be sent to

you via e-mail immediately so that you can track it yourself to see your parcel coming on

the way and you will also know when it will arrive at your country because we operate in

trust and loyalty in your favor. FedEx Courier Service Company hereby inform all their

customers by eradicating all their communication with the scam mails that are going

all-over the world to be careful with their e-mails so that your parcel will not be in

danger with their evil planes.

FedEx provides access to a growing global market place through a network of supply chain,

transportation, business and related information services.

PAYMENT INFORMATION FOR THE BALANCE OF $100 DOLLARS YOU ARE TO SEND FOR OBLIGATORY FEE:

Payment Receivers Name: Daniel Nwosu
Senders Name: ------------????
Senders Address------------????
Use The Text Question: Mailing
Use The Text Answer: Confidential
Destination; Mafoluku, Lagos. 23401 Nigeria
MTCN Number...
Amount0$100 dollars.
Country: Nigeria

Please you have to send the full payment information including the MTCN Number for we to

fully proceed on your parcel delivery.

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 as FedEx that's bigger, stronger, better than ever. Call

me: Tel +234-806-403-0009

WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL.
YOURS AFFECTIONATLY.
FEDEX COURIER MANAGING DIRECTOR.
AGENT MR.MAXIE.DEVINE.

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