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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- dh_l2011@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "DR.FRED SANCHEZ" <charlessoludo28@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: dh_l2011@hotmail.fr
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:34:30 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Attn:Consignment Owner.
DHL International Office SHIPMENT CODE AWB33XZS
Lot No. 23 Patte D'Oie
03 BP 2147Cotonou
Email (dh_l2011@hotmail.fr
Website;www.dhl.com.
Attn:Consignment Owner.
We have a Consignment contained anInternational Cashier Bank Draft/Cheque worth the sum of($7.6millionUSD) which will be deliver to you at the moment as long as you provide all the requirement information to the DHL Courier Delivery Express company before the parcel can be shipped to your own residential address in your country.
Further more,Your e-mail /Home address was among the luckiest package that will be send through Federal Express Delivery Service as soon as contact them so what you have to do right now is to contact the Director of DHL Delivery Department for immediate dispatch to your residential address;
CONTACT PERSON;DR.DAVID NAMARA
Email;(dh_l2011@hotmail.fr)
Website;www.dhl.com
Tel;
This are the information required for easy delivery of your Consignment Box
1.YOUR FULL NAME_____,
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS______,
3.YOUR HOME AND CELL NUMBER____
4.A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION_______
Do feel free to call DR. DAVID NAMARA on phone as soon as you send email to him because your call would facilitate the immediate attention to you due to his FLight schedule.
My Regard to your family.
Remain Yours
DR.FRED SANCHEZ (ESQ)
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