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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: "Mrs. Sabina Curtis" <dhlexpress464@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: dhlexpress292@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 06:09:01 +0800 (CST)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?WU9V4oCZUkUgUkVGOiBDTEFJTVMvQVRNLzIwMQ==?=









DHL International Benin Lot
No. 23 Patte D'Oie 03 BP 2147 Cotonou, Benin
Republic.


DHL Express is a well-established company offering courier
and transport services 24 hours for priority delivery of letters, parcels and
consignments to any destination by road, air or
sea.
 dhlexpress292@yahoo.com.hk

Tel +229-68652419
 
YOU’RE REF: CLAIMS/ATM/201
 
I received a call from Dr. EZE JOHN  (DHL Courier Company’s
Director. Benin Republic) this morning regarding your ATM DEBIT CARD value of
$2.8 Million USD. (A worldwide compensation for the current economic meltdown,
World Bank assisted project) which I sent to you. The ATM debit card was
returned to my office due to wrong delivery address provided to the DHL courier
company. You are required to carefully fill your current information and forward
it to the DHL courier company with the address bellow. Don’t forget to call the
DHL director on phone once you receive this E-mail for immediate delivery of
your ATM CARD
 
1. YOUR FULL NAME_____
2. YOUR HOME
ADDRESS______
3. YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER ____
4. YOUR AGE/SEX______
5.
YOUR COUNTRY_____
6. YOUR OCCUPATION_____
7. A SCAN COPY OF YOUR I.D
CARD.
 
For your information, I have paid for the delivering
charges of the ATM CARD again. The only money you will send to the DHL Courier
Company to complete the delivery direct to your postal Address in your country
is the sum of $95 dollar being the Security Keeping Fees of the DHL Courier
Company.

DHL EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC
Contact
person:

Dr. EZE JOHN
Director: DHL foreign delivery department
Email:
(dhlexpress292@yahoo.com.hk) 
Tel +229-68652419
Your
Identification code is (ATM-CARD/201) Remember, the only money to pay is the DHL
courier company security keeping fee because I have paid for the delivery
charges.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Sabina Curtis
 

Treat with urgency, Tel +229-68652419





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