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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: "Mrs. Edna Anderson" <edna@plnkalselteng.co.id>
Reply-To: <dhlcourierltd@vf.vc>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 03:32:07 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION,

ATTENTION,

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your ATM CARD
but I did not heared from you since that time as we fixed.Then I went
and deposited the ATM CARD worth $1.500 000.00 Million USA Dollars,as
parcel which is to be delivered to you by the DHL COURIER COMPANY LIMITED
in Benin Republic.I want You to contact the DHL COURIER COMPANY LIMITED
to know when they will deliver your parcel. I have paid for the delivering
charges.The only money you have to send to them is the security keeping fee.

CONTACT PERSON; DR.ANDY ASAMA DISTRICT
MANAGER DHL Courier Company Limited BENIN REPUBLIC.
E-mail:( dhlcourierltd@vf.vc )
CONTACT PHONE +229-682-211-30

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the security
keeping fee. I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm
it to them again to avoid any mistake in delivering the parcel containing your
ATM CARD to the address you you recomfirmed to them.

Your Full Name---------------
Your Address------------------
Home telephone----------------
Office telephone-------------
Your pic---------------------

I await your urgent email responds as soon as you contact them with your full
delivery address so that there will be no delay in delivering your ATM CARD to you.

Regards
Mrs. Edna Anderson

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