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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: "Ms. Laura GUZMAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dhldevery@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 19:11:53 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS!

Attention:

Having review all the obstacles and problems surrounding the transfer of your fund $4.700,000.00 USD and your inability to meet up with some charges levied against you due to the past transfer options. We the Board of Directors, United Bank for Africa Group (UBA) has ordered our Foreign Payment Remittance Unit to issue you an ATM CARD and today, we got notice that your Payment has been uploaded into ATM CARD and registered it with DHL Courier Services for urgent delivery. The security keeping fee is $25 per day, as i registered the ATM card yesterday so hurry up now as your package might incur demur-rages after today according to DHL Courier Services.

Fill this form immediately and contact DR. GEORGE WHITE.

Your Full Name:===========
Delivery Address:===========
Direct Mobile Phone#:============
Office/Home Phone#:=======
Country:======

contact person in charge,

DR. GEORGE WHITE
Email: dhldevery@gmail.com
TEL: +22997908629
DHL International

Please, hurry up and call Dr. George White, on phone +22997908629 and supply all the information and send the fill form to him.

Thanks,

Ms. Laura GUZMAN

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