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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.Adam Woodland
Reply-To: <offiecmail001@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 03:34:22 -0500
Subject: Greetings to you from the DHL COURIER SERVICES WORLD WIDE

DHL OF NIGERIA Ltd
c913/3North Ridge Crescent Road
North Ridge, P.O Box 207 of NIGERIA
E-Mail: mradamwoodland@aol.co.uk

Dear

Your package Atm Card have been registered with DHL this morning and we agreed up that the delivery of your $10.5 will take
off tomorrow morning.So contact them with your full info

Your full Name..
Your Delivery Address:..............
Home/Cell Phone:..............

Note,Try Send them the stamp Duty, fee of $85 with info bellow and the Tracking number of your package will be sent to you.

Receive's Name..........................Eze Anthony
Country........................................Nigeria
City...............................................Lagos
Test Question..............................In God
Answer.........................................We Trust
Amount...........................................$85.Dollars

Thank you,(mradamwoodland@aol.co.uk)

Mr.Adam Woodland

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