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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. Douglas William" <william@william132.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <update111@dgoh.org>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:53:50 +0530
Subject: CALL THE DELIVERY AGENT NOW +17864727919

Attention please,

I'm here by to inform you that the agent conveying to deliver your consignment box worth ($8.million) misplace your address and he is currently standard at Miami Florida, International Airport, So you are advice to reconfirm your information to the Agent immediately to enable him deliver your consignment box to your door step without any further delay,

Kindly contact the agent via his email address,
Agent Name: Ag:Johnson Mebe.
Email Address (update111@dgoh.org)
Telephone: +17864727919

So the information to reconfirm to him is as follow:

(1)Your Full Name=============
(2)Mobile Phone Number========
(3)Current Home Address========
(4)Fax Number================
(5)Country====================
(6)City======================
(7)Nearest Airport==============
(8)A Copy Of Your I D For Identification===============

So contact him to deliver your consignment box urgently today.

Urgently get back to us immediately you contact him to make sure that your fund has getting to you.

Thanks,
Mr. Robert Overly
Drector DHL office New Delhi
Office email: (officaoffica12312@hotmail.com)
Phone Number:+919873654612

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