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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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Fraud email example:

From: Peter Cooper <"www."@fork.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Peter Cooper <dhl029890@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2017 01:28:43 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear Customer,

DHL Express Global Delivery Company.
DHL Authorized Shipping Center®
Lot No. 23 Patte D'Oie
03 BP 2147
Cotonou, Benin Republic.
Tel: (229) 96 26 6966

Dear Customer,

We attempted to dispatch your item at 10:23 AM GMT+1 on the 6th of January,
2017 [01-06-2017].

The delivery attempt failed because the delivery charge for this parcel has
not been paid, so this notification has been automatically sent to notify
you of this parcel because if the parcel is not re-scheduled for delivery
or picked up within 72 hours, it will be returned to the sender/cancelled.

Thank you!
Peter Cooper
DHL Customer Service®
http://auclientapps.dhl.com/ mydhldelivery/
DHL Global Mail®
www.dhl.com

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