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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 Arden Hassam" <fservice75@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dhloffice55@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 12:31:42 -0400
Subject: CONTACT D.H.L DIRECTOR FOR YOUR BOX

Dear Friend,
I have been expecting your call since two days now.
The new EXECUTIVE in their last meeting has reached an agreement with the
issued bank about your fund $3.8m USD,the bank has final accepted and released
the money in cash.
Right now your FUND has been successfully deposited at D.H.L COURIER
COMPANY here in BENIN REP WITH REG- NUM..XQD7819-SC. my dear, the small box
was not registered as FUND but as church evangelism tracks box therefore do
not disclose the content of the box to anybody for security reasons.
Here is the courier contact information and all you are expcted to do now is
to contact them and recieve your long waited money ($3.8m) in cash.
HERE ARE THEIR CONTACT ADDRESS
1.CONTACT PERSON......JOHN EZE.
2COMPANY-email dhloffice55@yahoo.com)
3.PHONE NUMBER +229-9806 7123

Contact them immidiately WITH THIS INFORMATIONS for your box
1..YOUR FULL NAME.............................
2...YOUR DELIVERY ADDRESS.....................
3..YOUR PHONE NUMBER...........................
4.. REG- NUM..............XQD7819-SC
make sure your information is correct so that they do not deliver your box to
the wrong person.
I believe you shuold treat this letter with some conffideciality untill you
recieve your fund and always remember
to address the box as church evangelism tracks untill you recieve it,
GOOD LUCK,
MR. GEORGE BEN


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