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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: thomas.guettler@freenet.de
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:19:13 +0200
Subject: ZENITH BANK INTERNATIONAL


ZENITH BANK INTERNATIONAL
Zenith Heights
Plot87 Ajose Adeogun
Street,
COTONOU BENINREP

ATTN, PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
This is tobring to
your notice that, I have paid the re-activation feeand the delivery of
your ATM.I paid it because the ATMCard8119$1.5m,has less three days to
expire and when itexpires,the money will go into Government purse.With
that Idecided to help you pay the money so that,the ATM will
notexpire,because I know when you get your ATM definitely youmust pay me
back my money and even compensate me for helpingyou.

Now i want you to
contact DHL DeliveryService with your Full Contact informations so that
they candeliver your Card to your designated address without anydelay.
Like i stated earlier, The delivery charges has beenpaid but i did not
pay their official keeping fees sincethey refused. They refused and the
reason is that they donot know when you are going to contact them and
dumurragemight have increase.

They told me that theirkeeping fees is
$25 per day and i deposited it on saturdaythis week.

Below is their
ContactInformations,
Contact Person: Hon.Dr.Jerry Leo
DhlDelivery
Service
Email: (dhexpressdelivery@live.fr)
Tel:+229 93111065

Contact
Today to avoid increaseof their keeping fees and let me know once you
receive yourCard.

Yours
Rev.Dr.Thomas Guettler
ATMOFFICE
ZENITH BANK
INTERNATIONAL


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