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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, William Edward" <"www."@triton.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr, William Edward" <william.edward11@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 09:58:13 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ATTENTION ATTENTION Tel: +229-9968-1308

DHL COURIER COMPANY
Head Office
Address: 226/41 Midombo
Expressway-Cotonou


ATTENTION ATTENTION Tel: +229-9968-1308

NOTIFICATION OF YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX D.H.L COURIER SERVICE BENIN REPUBLIC.

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract file
presently on my desk Your consignment box of $2.500.000.00 USD has been approved
and was deposited with DHL delivery company this morning for registration,
and we agreed up that the delivery of Your $2.500.000.00 Million USD.
Package will take off tomorrow morning .So contact with your full information
where you want your consignment box to be delivered to you,

(1)YOUR FULL NAME
(2)MOBILE PHONE NUMBER
(3)CURRENT HOME ADDRESS
(4)FAX NUMBER
(5)COUNTRY=
(7)NEAREST AIRPORT =
(8)A COPY OF YOUR I D FOR IDENTIFICATION.

Urgent,get back to us today with your full address where your consignment box
will be delivered to, because i will not be in the office next week.
Contact email(william.edward11@outlook.com)The amount in your box is $2.500.000.0 Million,
all you have to do now is to reply us immediately for easy delivery and make sure you didn’t do any mistake
to avoid wrong delivery. And Mr,Robert.s.Mueller will depart Benin
Republic with your consignment without Any mistake and once he get to the airport he will call you or send you an
email, to Know if you at home, thank you very much for being on our service.

Best Regards,
Dr,William Edward,
From DHL courier delivery company
Benin republic.call at anytime, Tel: +229-9968-1308

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