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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. JIM CARROIT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <h.dlamininesco@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 19:20:44 +0200
Subject: SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD


SCAM VICTIM COMPENSATION PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD
Investce Bank South Africa /UNITED NATIONS
COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS DIRECTIVE

Attn, My Dear Friend.

We the Investce Bank has registered your package via faster Way Courier Express company
this morning and we agreed with them that the delivery of your ATM CARD
worth of ($10.8 Million.USD) will take off tomorrow morning.
So you are told to contact Mr.Andrew Cole the faster Way Courier Express( Operating manager )with the
below information for immediate delivery of your package.

(1) Full names ---
(2) Phone line ---
(3) Country -----
(4) Age/sex ------
(5) Occupation:---
(6)Home address:--

Below is the contact information of DHL Company:

Contact person: Mr. Andrew Cole (Operating manager )
Telephone : +27627182257
Email:(h.dlamininesco@gmail.com)

Contact them immediately with below code so that they will recognize and
respond to your email as fast as they can.

Regards
MR Jim Smith

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