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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. Morris Campos." <infocemacoffice@yahoo.dk>
Reply-To: dhldeliverycompany64@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 13:50:12 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Good newsDear: Beneficiary,




Dear Friend,

This is to bring to your notice that I have been able to pay the
re-activation fee and the delivery of your ATM Card. I paid it because the
ATM Card worth of $1.3m has less than Seven days to expire and when it
expires, the money will lost to the Federal Government treasury account.
With that I decided to help you pay off the money so that the Automated
Teller Machine {ATM} Card will not expire, because I trust that when you
receive your ATM Card definitely you must pay me back my expenditure and
even compensate me for helping you.



Now i want you to contact DHL OFFICE with your physical address you prefer
the delivery so that they can deliver your Card to your designated address
without any delay. Like i stated earlier, the delivery charges has been
paid but i did not pay their official keeping fees since they refused.
They refused and the reason is clear that they don't know when you are
going to contact them and the demurrage might have increased.


They told me that their keeping fees is $30 per day as i made the deposit
this morning, So you are advised to contact them immediately to avoid the
security keeping charge increase.
Below is their Contact Information, Contact Person: Mr. Steve Kodjoh. DHL
office Email: dhldeliverycompany64@gmail.com Tel: +229 97 860 992
Contact them Today with the following information


Your Full Name.....
Telephone Number......
Your complete mailing address....

This to ensure clarity and has to be done today to avoid increase of their
keeping fees and let me know once you receive your card.

Best Regards.
Mr. Morris Campos.


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