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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: Mark Jones <offfile012@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mark Jones <dhlcourierservice05@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 04:42:36 +0900 (JST)
Subject: contact dhl courier for your package


Good Day,

Having reviewed all the obstacles and problems surrounding the transfer of your $2.5 Million and your inability to meet up with some charges levied against you due to the past transfer options, We the Board of Directors, United Bank Of African (UBA) has ordered our Foreign Payment Remittance Unit to issue you a CORPORATE ATM CARD today,we got notice that your fund has been uploaded into this CORPORATE ATM CARD and also we have registered it with DHL COURIER for delivery to you.

 For your information, The delivery charges has been paid and they were supposed to have shipped your packaged ATM CARD but they insisted that you must reconfirm to them your current delivery address to ensure accurate Delivery. MOST IMPORTANT,Due to the content of the package, DHL mandated that before your package will be shipped A Tax/Stamp Duty MUST be procured according to the New Customs Creed and the essence of such Document is to ensure a hitch free delivery.Therefore reconfirm your current delivery address

1.Full Names
2.Delivery Address
3.Telephone Number
4.Your Occupation
5.Your Age
6.Your Id

Contact :Mr.Harrison Wilson
DHL International Benin
Lot No. 23 Patte D'Oie
03 BP 2147 Cotonou
Tel:+229 98742788

 Please hurry now as your package might in cure demurrage if it stays more than 2 0r 3 days with DHL.

Sincerely,
Mark Jones
For the Management

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