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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.JOHNSON CHRIS" <fuyiuhfuyiuh@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "Mr.JOHNSON CHRIS" <dhlcouriercompany799@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2015 10:36:06 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: PLEASE IS VERY URGENTLY NOW OKAY.



I just received a call from the Director of DHL Courier Company Benin that your ATM CARD that was sent to you last Two Months ago was returned due to wrong address,Your ATM CARD worth $5.5 Millions Dollars confirmed to be your over due inheritance contractual compensation fund.Therefore call the director (Mr.JOHNSON CHRIS) on Tel Phone: (+229-99 92 01 31)email address: (dhlcouriercompany799@yahoo.com) and give him your correct address and Phone number.Use this code (XA-8550) as the subject of your mail to them for identification.

You are to reconfirm your full information
YOUR COUNTRY................
YOUR FULL NAME..............
YOUR HOME ADDRESS...........
YOUR OCCUPATION.............
YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.......
SEX........................

Thanks,
Mrs.Jenna Goudreau


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