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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:
- "express courier delivery" (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. )
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Federal Express Courier Service" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infoinfo552@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 11:56:53 -0800
Subject: Dear Customer, Reply Urgent

Federal Express Courier Service

Nigeria Head Office

70 International Airport Road

Mafoluku, Lagos.

Order: SH-5468-482485468

Customers Service Hours--Monday to Saturday: Office Hours Monday to Sunday:

Dear Customer,

This is Federal Express Courier Delivery Company of Nigeria, the management of this

company, wishes to inform you that, we received a parcel containing an ATM

Master Card valued $5.5million USD with some vital documents attached on it,

for safety delivery to your residential address in your country.

Your ATM Master Card Delivery was approved by Central Bank of Nigeria

and President Muhammadu Buhari, and I was informed by Mr.Godwin,

Governor Central Bank of Nigeria that DHL delivery Agent have

attempted to deliver your ATM Card late last year without any success

because your address in Central Bank of Nigeria payment file was not

complete.

This parcel was brought to us this morning by the ATM Card payment office here in

Nigeria, please reconfirm the below information, to avoid delivery of your ATM Master Card to wrong hand.

Full names............

Parcel owner address......

Country/State........

Occupation...........

Passport/Driving License

Tel...........

We will register your package and send you the tracking numbers before we

proceed for safety delivery of your package as soon as you reconfirm the

required information for safety delivery.

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

revolutionized the delivery of packages and information. In the past 33

years, we've grown up and grown into a diverse family of companies as Federal Express

that's bigger, stronger, better than ever.

Yours affectionately.

Mr. Onyx perry.

Dispatch Manager Federal Express

for the Ikeja branch manager

Federal Express Service Lagos -Nigeria

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