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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: "Eng, Larry Koffey" <hjhhhhbfbfvb@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "Eng, Larry Koffey" <dhlbenin35@yahoo.in>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:10:37 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Good News My Dear


 Good News My Dear

I have paid the courier charges and the delivery of your Bank Draft  $4.800.000.00,Now your Bank Draft has been deposited with DHL DELIVERY Courier Company for delivery so I want you to contact DHL DELIVERY Company with your Full Contact information’s so that they can deliver your Bank Draft to your designated address without any delay. Like I
stated earlier, the delivery charges has been paid but I did not pay  their official keeping fees since they refused. Reasons for their refusal are because they do not know when you are going to contact them.They told me that their keeping fee is $39 per day, Contact
 
Person: Dr Chiazah Collins
Director General DHL DELIVERY Company Benin Republic,
EMAIL (dhlbenin35@yahoo.in)
TEL; +229-99653283 , Call Him
Therefore Contact Them Today to avoid more increases of their keeping fees and let me know once you receive your Bank Draft. Waiting to hear from you as soon as you received this Bank Draft.
 
Yours Sincerely,
Eng, Larry Koffey

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