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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: "Dr Henry S. Larry" <mrvictorwhite26@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Dr Henry S. Larry" <delivery_atmcardofficeq@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 18:53:15 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTN: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION!










ATTN: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION!
 
This is to bring to your notice that, I have paid the courier charges and the delivery of your ATM CARD.I paid
it because the ATM CARD  worth USD$4.5MILLON has less Four weeks and to expire and when it expires the money will go into Government reserve. With that I decided to help you pay the money so that the ATM CARD  will not expire, because I know when you get your ATM CARD definitely you must compensate me.
Now your ATM CARD has been deposited with DHL Courier Company for delivery so I want you to contact DHL Courier Company  with your Full Contact  information so that they can deliver your ATM CARD to your designated address without any delay.

Your Full Name:.........
Home Address:...........
Country:................
Phone Number:...........
 
Like I stated earlier, the delivery charges has been paid but i did not pay their official keeping fees since
they refused. Reasons for their refusal are because they do not know when you are going to contact them. They
told me that their keeping fee is $30 per day and i deposited it on 2/6/2015.Below is their Contact
Information,
Contact Person:Dr Henry S.Larry
DHL Delivery Service
Tel: +229-68517341

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