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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: DHL COMPANY <dimartim@alice.it>
Reply-To: eric_deliveringagent@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 21:51:58 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Your Package of {$3.5 million usd}, CALL THE DELIVERING AGENT
NOW{770 249 0998}

LAST NOTIFICATION FROM DHL DELIVERING COMPANY

Another chance and also the Last chance for you, regarding to these delivering
of your package and why have you chooses
to
abandon your
fund since, i just want to let you know that we have finally succeeded in
converting your compensation into an ATM, regarding the delivering of your own
compensation, provide your information for the agent to complete the delivery
of your own package {ATM CARD} in our custody and remember he has only a week
to complete the delivering, the ATM contains $3.5 million dollars being your
own compensation, You’ re to provide to the agent, your full Name, Address,
Near by Airport and cell phone number, is our agreement with compensation
officer, who deposit the fund in our custody, to be delivered to you and Noted
That you have to provide the information correctly for the smooth delivery of
your package you, Your DHL deliveryman is coming be very nice to him as he is
not America citizen ok and remember to follow the directive providing him your
information as bellow and call him once you have done that ok.


INFORMATION HE WILL NEED FROM YOU
(1)Full Name=============
(2)Mobile Phone Number======
(3)Current Home Address==== ====
(5)Country====================
(6)City======================
(7)Nearest Airport ==============

DELIVERING AGENT CONTACT INFO:
AGENT NAME: Eric Toha
MOBILE PHONE: 770 249 0998
EMAIL: eric.deliveringagent@yahoo.co.nz
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/eric.toha.1

THE COMPANY FACEBOOK PAGE
https://www.facebook.com/pages/DHL-Delivering/1391837777707685



NOTE: Email or call him now, ask him what is going on now,he has arrived U.S.A
about two days ago, he called me and said he lost your information, so i need
you to reconfirm to him your details again OK


Regard
Richard Bruno
DIRECTOR DHL COMPANY BENIN
CALL ME AFTER GOING THROUGH THE EMAIL, MY DIRECT LINE:+229 6886 3142

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