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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 Jennifer Willie <ecrtwedding@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dhldeliverycom7@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 19:19:07 +0100
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION IS URGENT NEEDED

Attn: Valuable Customer,

We wish to inform you that the Agent conveying with the consignment box
valued the sum of ($7.5M US) misplaced your info on transmit and he is
currently stranded right at the international airport with your
consignment. He required you reconfirm the following info, so he can complete
the trip contained your payment fund today.

Full Name: ============
Current:=======
Address: ==============
Mobile No.:============
Name of Your Nearest:=======
Airport: ==============

Please do make contact with the agent with the email below with the
info required. Contact Person: Mr. Chris Uba
E-mail (dhl.coriercoipany@mail.ru)

He is waiting to hear from you today with the information. NOTE: The agent
does not know that the of the box is $7.5Million USD and on no
circumstances should you let him know about what it contains The
consignments was moved from here as a family treasures, so never allow
him to open it, Please make sure you do not disclose body of this
letter to him so that he won't be able to know what is in the box.

Yours sincerely
Mrs Jennifer Willie

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