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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: "DHL POST OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <myiphonemessageses@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 21:57:27 -0700
Subject: RECENT PACKAG ORDER No: #2001567-DHX

Here are Recent Order: #2001567-DHX
Your Package Security No.:66545
Your Package Weight :9kg
Package Seize :102

To Your Attention;

I’m Mr. White Smith, the new appointed Delivery person of Regular delivery DHL Office branched in EUROPE (ITALY). I assumed in this branch office on 10th,August 2017. And On my 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 (Ahmed Musa Jr) failed to carry out the delivery duty as it was instructed and programmed.

Probably, one of his reasons for not carrying out the shipping was that you have not provided your postal charge and address to him for the completion of the delivery as he remarked,

According to the content recorded in each file, the ATM was deposited by one Senior Evangelist Mathew Peterson who died a year back as a charity foundation parcel to each of the six of you. On the statement he wrote on the list, he stated that each of the aforementioned ATM cards contains the sum of US$10,7,000.00 and he found your email contacts as reputable and capable persons that can use the charity awarded ATM Cards to change the lives of people.

Meanwhile, I've made the arrangement of delivery the six parcels through Regular delivery post 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 PACKAGE at the same time. If you found in spam folder, it could be due to your Internet Service Provider bad network, 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 shipping immediately you reconfirm your mailing address to me personal in order to deliver directly to you after Postal Stamp of the parcel. Note, below information is officially needed for me to ship yours ASAP.

YOUR FULL NAME______________
HOME ADDRESS___________
YOUR OCCUPATION______________
EMAIL ADDRESS_______
PHONE NUMBER_____________
COPY OF YOUR ID___________Delivery to USA and europe is as low as $75 only depending the distance you live in from here, We shall deliver once you update with the above info then I shall be given a tracking number to you, to Track and Trace number of your parcel once it is posted to your destination address, so as to enable you track online to know exactly when it will arrive your destination thank you.

Contact me on myiphonemessage6@gmail.com or call +229(622)540-67 I am looking forward on your response soonest.

Regards

Mr. White Smith
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Servizio Clienti DHL Benin
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Regulated by the Delivery Services Authority

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