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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 EXPRESS BENIN <jobs@gracecarellc.com>
Reply-To: <deliveryalert111@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 19:21:35 -0700
Subject: DELIVERY ALERT!!!!

FedEx Express Head Office,
238F Topka candre,Port Novo,
Republic Du Benin.
DATE:22/08/2017
Phone Number: (+2329-9743-6007
Custormers Service Hours--Monday To Saturdays:
Office Hours Monday To Saturdays:
 
Attention, Attention,, Attention.
 
The FedEx courier Service Company are hereby passing an essential massage to all our valuable customers to be very careful while presenting their receivers residential address to avoid wrong delivery.
 
This is the FedEx courier service company mailing you as per your parcel that was brought to this company to be delivered to you by one Mr.Richard Mathew of United Nation Compensation Office, along the delivery process there came  misunderstanding between you and the Customs Service in regard to their request as per their insurance coverage certificate which happens to be the course of your parcel pending for all these while.
 
Meanwhile we are hereby happy to inform you that the FedEx Company has finalized everything with the Republic of Benin Customs service as the company organization has also listed 24 valuable parcel’s that are intact in our office after the released of the parcels by the Customs.
 
We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that contain the sum of $2.5 million dollars ( ATM CARD) is among the 24 parcel’s listed which is now in our office and also with your name as the receiver despite that we lost your private residential address, also with your private telephone line which is an indication that you can now re-send your residential address back to us where your parcel can be delivered to,without hesitation with this
e-mail (deliveryalert111@gmail.com)
 
Meanwhile remember that the sender of this parcel,Mr.Richard Mathew still owes this company the sum of $87.00  before the incident occurred, this company has spent out of her incomes in the process of recovery back your
parcel’so dear customer we once again appreciate your patronage in our favour.Without hesitations you are to pay for just the balance left by your sender via western union so that your parcel can be delivered to your residential address before it accumulate a demurrage after one week only, as you know that 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 recovered parcel that is almost gone if not for the love that the good God have for you by favoring you with his favour because it is God who did it not by your power but by the spirit say the lord.
 
We assure you that your parcel will arrive at your country in two days time and it will get to your door step the third OR fourth day as soon as this company receive the balance left by your sender’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 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 favour.
 
 
NOTE THAT THE PAYMENT WILL BE MADE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER TO THE NAME OF OUR HEAD OFFICE, ACCOUNTANT OFFICER  IN WEST AFRICA WITH THIS BELOW PAYMENT INFORMATION.
 
SENDERS NAME:
RECEIVERS NAME:GLORY OBINNA
SENDERS ADDRESS:
DESTINATION: PORT NOVO, REPUBLIC OF BENIN
TEXT QUESTION: COLOUR
TEXT ANSWER: GREEN
AMOUNT SENT: $87
M.T.C.N: (10 DIGITS GIVEN BY WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OUTLET)
 
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.
 
WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL. YOURS AFFECTIONATLY.
JAMES WARNER
FEDEX COURIER MANAGING DIRECTOR.
FedEx offers Global Shipping, Logistics Management, Supply Chain
Management and more.

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