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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: Joseph Kane <"dhl."@fine.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Joseph Kane <joseph.kane1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 20:23:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: This is DHL Director Mr. Joseph Kane

Dear parcel owner

Good day

Am here to confirm from you to know if you still need your card in this company to be delivered. This is DHL Director Mr. Joseph Kane. Your parcel of ATM card has been in this company for a while now. We need to accomplish to your home destination but you are delaying to pay for the delivery charge which cost $130 dollars. Do you want us to return back this parcel to the UBA Bank as you are unable to pay for the delivery charge? Please i need your urgent respond.

I will be very glad to hear from you now.

Thank you for using DHL

Best Regards,
Director DHL
Joseph Kane
+229 99411615

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