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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: johnwilliams <"www."@siren.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: johnwilliams <johnwilliams112016@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:43:15 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attn, My Dear


Attn, My Dear




We the Bank PHB has registered your package via DHL Courier Express
company this morning and
we agreed with them that the delivery of your ATM CARD worth of ($10.8
Million.USD) will
take off tomorrow morning.
So you are told to contact john williams the DHL managing Director
with the below information
for immediate delivery of your package.

(1) Full names ---
(2) Phone line ---
(3) Country -----
(4) Age/sex ------
(5) Occupation:---
(6)Home address:--

Below is the contact information of DHL Company:

Contact person: john williams
Email:(johnwilliams112016@gmail.com)

Contact them immediately with below code so that they will recognize
and respond to your email as fast as they can.



Regards
johnwilliams112016@gmail.com
Secretary General

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