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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: dhlunits@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:05:25 +0800
Subject: Bank Draft

Greetings of the day to you.

I am Mrs.Jane Smith, I have a package Bank Draft of $500,000,00 USD in
your Email address. left with DHL Courier Express for claims, All you need to
do is to contact DHL Courier Express via below information for your
package delivery to arrive your home address.
...................................................................................................................................................
Contact Person: Mr. Adams Williams
Email Address: dhlunits@gmail.com
Telephone: +2348072257003
.....................................................................................................................................................
Do send them your correct postal address, full name, contact phone
number, so that they can be able to deliver your package direct to
your postal address and you have to pay a fee of $110 USD which is the
DHL Courier Express delivery charges as we have paid for all necessary
charges except that of the delivery fee of the courier company so far.

Full Name:
Address:
Phone Number:
.....................................................................................................................................................
Yours Faithfully,

Mrs.Jane Smith.


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