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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 Ronald Carr <wjmork5617@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mr Ronald Carr <dhlcompany69@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:09:49 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Pick Up Your CARD


Attention Please,
 
I’m Mr. Ronald
Carr, the new appointed Delivery man of Regular delivery DHL Office branched at
Contonou Benin. I assumed this office on 24th March 2017. Going through the
files of the previous records of this office, I discovered that there are six
parcels containing ATM cards each one attached with an email address of the
owner on it. The former appointee of this office failed to carry out the
delivery as it was instructed and programmed. Probably, one of his reasons for
not carrying out the delivery was that you have not provided your postal
address to him for the completion of the delivery as he remarked.
 
According to
the content recorded in each file, the ATM card was deposited by one Senior
Evangelist Mathew Peterson who died one year back as a charity foundation
parcel to each one of you. On the statement, he wrote on the list, he stated
that each of the ATM cards contains the sum of Five Million Eight Hundred
Thousand US Dollars($5.8m) and he found you as reputable and capable persons
that can use the charity awarded Fund to change people’s life.
 
Meanwhile, I've
made the arrangement of delivery the six parcels through Regular delivery DHL
Office to the six of you to your respective mailing addresses.
 
Am also sending
the same message of the same content to six of you that own the six abandoned
ATM CARDS each at the same time. If   found in spam folder, it
could be due to your Internet Service Provider, ISP. So, move it to your inbox
before your reply. I went to our head office at Cotonou Benin and reported the
issue of the discovered six ATM cards in my office and they verified it and
gave me the veto order to carry out the delivery immediately you reconfirm your
mailing address to this office for us to deliver the ATM CARD directly to you
after Postal Stamp of the parcel. Note, below information is needed for
delivery of the ATM CARD ASAP.
 
Your full name
Country
Mobile/home
phone number
Nearest Airport
Your address
where the parcel will be sent to
A means of
identification (photo copy of your international identity, Passport or driving
license).
 
We will deliver
your ATM Card once you update us with the above info and you will be given a
tracking number, that is, the Track and Trace number of your Parcel once it is
posted to your destination address, to enable you to track your parcel to know
exactly when it will arrive to your destination address. Looking forward to
your
urgent reply.
 
Regards,
Mr. Ronald Carr
 
DHL Office.
Phone Number
(+229) 99558846 

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