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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: "Mr. EZE UGO" <kingdominic223@gmail.com>
Reply-To: deliveryagent_info@mail.ru
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2016 20:56:18 +0400
Subject: LAST NOTIFICATION FROM DHL DELIVERING COMPANY



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LAST NOTIFICATION FROM DHL DELIVERING COMPANY

Another chance and also the Last chance for you, regarding to these
delivering of your package and why have you chooses to abandon your fund
for all these while, i just want to let you know that we have finally
succeeded in converting your compensation into an ATM, regarding the
delivering of your own compensation, provide your information for the
agent
to complete the delivery of your own package {ATM CARD} in our custody and
remember he has only a week to complete the delivering, of the ATM
contains
.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, thanks for
your understanding.

INFORMATION HE WILL NEED FROM YOU

(1)Full Name ............
(2)Mobile Phone Number======
(3)Current Home Address ....
(5)Country .....
(6)City ......

DELIVERING AGENT CONTACT INFO:
AGENT NAME: Eric Toha

Regard
Mr. EZE UGO
DIRECTOR DHL COMPANY BENIN
CALL ME :+229 98169707..
deliveryagent_info@mail.ru

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