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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: "REVEREND DR. RICHARD GREAT" <lw495695@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "REVEREND DR. RICHARD GREAT" <alex.hugo93@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 5 May 2015 10:01:12 +0900 (JST)
Subject: PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO 3KD819


In order to smoothly complete the delivery of your box, he will need the following
information (listed below) to release the delivery of your box.  It is strongly
suggested that you do not reveal that the box contains 10.5 million dollars in United
States currency.

Information needed is:

Your Full Name=============
Current Home Address========
Mobile Phone Number========
City====================
Nearest Airport ===========
Your occupation ===========
Country=================

SHIPMENT CODE ZNS9LE47MAQ
SECURITY CODE UDKWNGPSA/8301/
PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO 3KD819.
TRANSACTION CODE 693/HWSV/0F2/P501/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE DHSO/GPEW/0472/

REVEREND DR. RICHARD GREAT
DHL DIRECTOR
CELLULAR PHONE  +229-9994-0562

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