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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 Nigerian Plc." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lindabrowndhlnig@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 14:38:49 -0700
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary 25 (Confirm Information) ATM CARD 25

Attention: Beneficiary,

We have an ATM Card what of $250,000(Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) from The Federal Ministry of Finance to be delieverd to you. This is a Part Payment of Your Over Due Payment,We were instructed to deliver the ATM Card package
to you in due time, due to the expiration date of the ATM CArd which is fast aproaching.

For your information, The Ministry of Finance here has made settlement for the Value Added Tax,Insurance and delivery fee of the ATM CArd. The only fee you are required to send for delivery to your direct address is ($145) being the Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far. It should be noted that the Ministry Of Finance would have paid for that but We refused because We never knew how soon we would get in touch with you in case of Dumorrage.

You have to contact the senior dispatch officer for the delivery of your
ATM Card with the information below;

1.NAMES:
2.CONTACT ADDRESS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.TELEPHONE NUMBER:

Contact Person: Mrs. Linda Brown
Contact Email: lindabrowndhlnig@gmail.com
Contact Email: henrynwosu11@sify.com

You should send the $145 through Western Union Money transfer to the Name and Address as stated Bellow:

Name: Mr. Kalu George
Address: Plot 33 DHL Road, Lagos-Nigeria.

Test Question to Use: Color
Answer: Blue.

Do Email us the MTCN Number as well as your information as requested, and expect delivery withing 48hrs, as DHL doesn't delay.

Best Regards,
Customer Service Unit
DHL Nigeria Plc (Nigeria).

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