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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 <yfgyfgyf_yftfrfdt@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: dhl <christeric2215@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:52:33 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: NOTIFICATION FROM DHL DELIVERING COMPANY


   NOTIFICATION FROM DHL DELIVERING COMPANY
I want to acknowledge you that we have finally succeeded in getting your package worth’s of $3.5million out of (ECOWAS) Economic Community of West African States department with the help of Mr. James George Attorney General of Federal High Court of Justice Benin Republic which act as your foreign Attorney representative here in Benin Republic, so contact your DHL delivering agent with bellow information.
  INFORMATION HE WILL NEED FROM YOU(1)Full Name=============(2)Mobile Phone Number======(3)Current Home Address==== ====(7)Nearest Airport ==============

DELIVERING MAN INFO:AGENT NAME: Eric TohaMOBILE PHONE: +1 770 544-7485EMAIL: christeric2215@yahoo.com
MOREOVER: regarding to the delivering of your package , contact your delivering agent with your information for the agent to complete the delivery of your own and remember he has only three week to complete the delivering, the package contains $3.5 million dollars being your own compensation, You’ re to provide to the agent, your full Name, Address, Near by Airport and cell phone number, is our agreement with compensation officer, who deposit the fund in our custody, to be delivered to you and Noted That you have to provide the information correctly for the smooth delivery of your package, call him once you have provided your information to him {+1 770 544-7485}  and don’t let him know the content because I told him that the package is Cloths ok thanks for your understanding.


RegardRichard BrunoPHONE: +229 6886 3142DIRECTOR DHL COMPANY BENIN

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