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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: "Smith Roland" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nbrown@foxmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:29:14 -0700
Subject: DHL International

DHL International
Address: 64 Long Acre, Long Acre,
London WC2E 9JD, United Kingdom

Website;www.DHL.com

Atten:

We have a Parcel contained an International Cashier Bank Draft/Cheque
worth the sum of ($5.7 million) which will be deliver to you at the
moment as long as you provide all the requirement information to the
DHL Courier Dlivery Express company before the parcel can be shipped to your own residential address in your country.

Further more,Your e-mail /Home address was among the luckiest package
that will be send through DHL Express Delivery Service as soon as
contact them so what you have to do right now is to contact the
Director of DHL Delivery Department
for immediate dispatch to your
residential address.

CONTACT PERSON: JOHN BROWN (Director)
Email;(nbrown@foxmail.com)
Website;www.dhl.com
Tel: +44-741-833-4346

Reconfirm Your Address Once Again.

1.YOUR FULL NAME_______________________
2.YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER________________
3.YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS_________________
4. YOUR OFFICIAL AGE___________________
5.YOUR OCCUPATION____________________
6.YOUR COUNTRY_________________________
7.YOUR PHOTOGRAPH _____________________

Direct Cell Phone Number for easy communication Note that if no
seriousness is seen from you, we have no choice but to send this fund
back to our treasury as an unclaimed fund by you. Do see that you
forward your above information to this
email:(nbrown@foxmail.com)
We anticipate your urgent respond.
My Regard to your family

Yours in Faithful
Smith Roland




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