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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: "DR WILLIAM SMITH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <diplomatanderson@excite.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 18:47:05 +0100
Subject: CONTACT D.H.L DIRECTOR TODAY 5TH MARCH 2010

This is the good news about your fund ($4.2 million usd) the fund has been deposited at
D.H.L courier company on 4th march 2010 at 2.45 p.m here is the company contact info.

CONTACT PERSON...LEWIS B KENNEDY
E-maill address....drlewisknd@excite.co.uk,
office mail...dhldirectoroffice@excite.co.uk,
Phone number........+229-9752-9512

contact them by reconfirming your info such as your name,your personel phone number,
and your house address Note...all the delivery charges has been paid therefore contact
them immediately to avoid an increament in security keeping fee of $51.00 per day
good luck as you recieves your fund
Regard william smith

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