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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 COURIER COMPANY <meyer21robinson001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: DHL COURIER COMPANY <george1williams@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 10:43:31 +0900 (JST)
Subject: NOTIFICATION FROM DHL COURIER COMPANY (YOUR ATM CARD)


Good Day,

This is DHL Courier Delivery Company West Africa Benin branch, the management of this
company wishes to inform you that we received a parcel containing an ATM Master Card 
valued sum amount of ($3.5million) with some vital documents attached on it for safety 
delivery to your residential address in your country.

This parcel was brought to us this morning by the ATM Card payment office Republic 
of Benin for immediate dispatching to your residential address in your country and be
informed that your Atm master Card has been sealed with our company wrapper' weighed and
cleared for easy and fast delivery to your residential address in your country and note
that you are required to pay the Coverage outlet clearance fee of ($99 usd) to enable us
obtain your package departure permit order from the (IMF) office and ship out your Atm Card
package from our local facility airport shipping center here in Benin Republic to avoid 
inspection at any transited airport or arrival in your country today and try to be very fast 
in sending the needed fee today to avoid any additional charges by the Depth and also to
enable us activate your airway bills and notify you with the tracking numbers so that you
can be able to be viewing the delivery process through our Website for you to know the time 
of arrival in your country today'


Reconfirm the Below information as listed to avoid delivery to wrong address'

Full name............
Parcel Owner Address......
Country/State........
Occupation...........
Passport/
Sex/Age.............
Telephone number...........



Below is the information to send the payment through Western Union Transfer Today'

Receiver Name......Ejike Mike
Country...........Benin Republic
Zip Code...........+229
City............Cotonou
Test Question......Atm
Test Answer.......Card
Amount.............$99
Sender's Name........?
Mtcn................?


Await your urgent response soon with the payment information while we look forward to serve you with the best of our service

Yours in service

Dr.George Williams
Phone Call:(+229 99757638)

Dispatch Manager DHL Courier Company
Cotonou branch DHL Express Service Republic of Benin

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