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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: "Mr. Pascal Irenee Koupaki" <pascalireneekoupaki1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dhl_courierdelservice@live.com
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 20:17:47 +0800 (CST)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?WU9VUiBDQVNIIFBBWU1FTlQgVklBIERITOKAjw==?=




Dear Beneficiary,

This email is coming to you directly from the FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE, BENIN REPUBLIC in the person of (MR. PASCAL IRENEE KOUPAKI) the FINANCIAL MINISTER.

This office has contacted you earlier on behalf of the GOVERNMENT of BENIN REPUBLIC and PRESIDENT (DR. BONI YAYI) in regards for your inheritance/contracted fund worth’s of ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($1.5m USD).

Severally we have attempted to effect your payment of ($1.5musd) through WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER, BANK WIRE TRANSFER and ATM PAYMENT SYSTEM which later proved abortive due to one reason or the other and your inability to fully complied with the TRANSFERS' authorities.

We are really sorry for all the delay, problems and inconveniences you have been going through all this while on the course of receiving your fund.

However, we have now re-arranged to deliver your fund to you via (CASH PAYMENT) through DHL COURIER DELIVERY SERVICE COMPANY since others PAYMENT options has failed us in recent time.

Your sum of ($1.5musd) will now be delivering to you via DHL OFFICE through their COURIER AGENT. We have finally and successfully registered your consignment to DHL OFFICE and they will proceed on the delivery as soon as possible upon hearing from you in regards for some confirmation details/data required.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, we registered your consignment as an OFFICIAL DOCUMENT/OFFICE DOCUMENT to be sent to you immediately. This is very important in order to avoid any act of suspicious, delay, hindrances and above all for the SECURITY REASONS.

We do not disclose the reveal contents of your consignment as we actually registered it as an OFFICIAL DOCUMENT/OFFICE DOCUMENT and you too should note not to disclose to them that the contents of your consignment deposited under their custody is money or ($1.5m USD).

Finally, you should contact the DHL OFFICE immediately to enable them proceed on the delivery of your consignment without further delay. Contact the DHL MANAGEMENT/DIRECTOR (MR. FRANK WILLIAMS) for further directions/instructions on how to deliver your consignment to you as soon as possible.

COMPANY NAME:…………… DHL COURIER DELIVERY SERVICE COMPANY
DIRECTOR:……………………….MR. FRANK WILLIAMS
EMAIL:………………………………(dhl_courierdelservice@live.com)
PHONE NUMBER:……………..+229 99 211 488.

Note to re-confirm to them your information as follows,

YOUR FULL NAME:………………………
DELIVERY ADDRESS:……………………
PHONE NUMBER:………………………
IDENTITY:………………………………….

This is for proper verifications, confirmations and in order to avoid any mistake or wrong delivery thereafter ok.

Do not forget to inform me upon receiving your consignment,meanwhile I will still keep in touch until you finally receive your fund.

Yours Faithfully,

FROM THE DESK OF
MR. PASCAL IRENEE KOUPAKI.
MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT,
ECONOMY  & FINANCE.
FEDERAL  REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

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