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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 EXPRESS" <j.sorensen@dhlexpress.com>
Reply-To: <dhlexpresssny@fastservice.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2015 19:20:19 +0100
Subject: NOTICE ABOUT YOUR SHIPMENT...FROM DHL EXPRESS

DHL Worldwide Express
JFK International Airport
(JFK IAT) Terminal 4,
Jamaica, New York, NY 11430.
Tel: 1-570 634 5744

Dear customer,

Does it mean that you did not receive our email communication to you regarding the provision of the daily keeping fee that your shipment accumulated in our vault or do you you want us to release your shipment to U.S Customs and Border Protection Agency for confiscation according to freight policy on abandoned shipmens? The reason of transmitting this communication to you for the second time is to aviod discrepancy because we don't want to retain your shipment/parcel in our vault anymore to avoid your shipment accumulating further daily keeping fee.

Get back to us immediately in respect to the contents of this email as failure to do so, will warrant us to hand over your shipment to U.S Customs and Border Protection without further hesitation.

Mrs. Diane L. Webb
Manager, Vault Dept.
DHL Worldwide Express
(JFK IAT) Terminal 4,
NY 11430, USA.

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