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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: DHL EXPRESS <dhlexpressd34@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Dhlfile229@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:20:44 +0100
Subject: REMINDER

Attn esteemed customer:

What is really going on our dear customer, your ATM CARD Parcel has
been here for a while now. We just want to bring this to your notice
that our office keeping fee is increasing because we told the
depositor that the receiver should confirm his information by sending
us his information. Example, Name, delivery address and cell phone
number for authentication purpose because our account has been
tempered by hackers. "NOTE" It is our new policy.


1.Your receivers name=====.
2.Your country===============.
3.Your cities==================.
4.Your telephone=================.
5.Your sex/age=====================.
6.Your ID ===========================.
7.Your home address========================.

Dr. Patrick Coggins,
Director General.
Number +229 68711106
DHL express Company Benin Republic

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