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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: REV WILLIAMS <rev_wills10@msn.com>
Reply-To: <d.h.l_office@sify.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:00:41 +0000
Subject: TRY CALL DAVID TANKO ON THIS PHONE +22993008611




Good day. I have paid the required fee for your Bank Draft and i took it to the FINANCIAL BANK PLC to confirm it then the Manager of the Bank MR BENARD UGO told me that before the CHEQUE will get to you it will expire on the way and if it expired it will become useless to you, so He advice me to convert USD$27.5m (TWENTY SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) into cash and pack it into the strong iron box and deposit it in DHL COURIER SERVICE to deliver it in cash to you.and i did it as he advice me because he is a banker he knows the durability of any foriegn Bank Draft or Cheque.I deposited the said package in the Dhl Delivery Company as an Cotton materials for secuirty reasons, This is the registration Number of your Package ( dhl/122p/mtm/2007) Zip Code (0113388)So do not let the company to know the real contents of the package so that they can deliver it for you safely.I want you to contact the company immediately with the following informations though i give them your information but you need to reconfirm it for them.Below is the required infomation you need to give them now,
1.YOUR FULL NAME..........
2. HOME ADDRESS.........
3.HOMEPHONE..............
4. YOUR CELPHONENUMBER................
5.A SCAN COPY OF YOUR PHOTO.........
6.YOUR AGE AND MARITAL STATUS..........
All these things is needed from you now to submmit to the company for urgent delivery of your package contains $27.5million usd Please contact the delivery company immediately and reconfirm your info to them to enable their agent locate you when he arrived in your country. This is the company contactinfo.Email;( d.h.l_office@sify.com )
DR.DAVID TANKO Director General,Dhl Delivery Company Benin Republic.Tel;+229 9300-8611,
Please contact the company immediately you receive this email so that your package will leave tonight to be deliver to you. Get back to me as soon as you receive your package from the company.Regards
REV WILLIAM ADAM


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