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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,SMITH BENSON" <"WWW."@galaxy.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "DR,SMITH BENSON" <dhloffice59@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 15:20:06 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GOOD NEWS

Attention dear

beneficiary,

I’m

Dr,SMITH benson

the new Pinter

Manager of DHL

Office at Porto
Novo Benin

Republic. I

assumed this

office on 20th,

January, 2017.

On
going through

the files of

the previous

records of this

office, I
discovered that

there are

9parcels

containing ATM

cards each one
attached with an

email address of

the owner on

it. The former
appointee of

this office

(Mr.jimmy

Sanchez) failed

to
carry out the

delivery as it

was instructed

and programmed.

Probably,
one of

his reasons for

not carrying out

the delivery was

because of
your

Non-

Compliance Of

Official

Processes and

Unbelief Of The
Reality Of Your

Genuine
Visa

Card.

According

to the content

recorded in each

file, the ATM

card was
deposited by Mr

Mathew Peterson

who died one

year back as a

manager of
Bank

of Africa. On

the statement he

wrote on the

list, he stated
that each of the

aforementioned

ATM cards

contains the sum

of
US

$4,800,000.00

and was supposed

to transfer

to you through

his
bank but due

to your unable

to finish the

process he

uploaded
the

money to their

ATM Visa card

and registered

with DHL office

before he
died.

Meanwhile, I've

made the

arrangement of

posting the 9

parcels through
our DHL fast

delivery to the

9 of you to your

respective

mailing
address

Am also

sending the same

message of the

same content to

9
of you that own

the abandoned

ATM CARDS each

at the same

time. If
found in

spam folder, it

could be due

to your Internet

Service
Provider,

ISP. So move to

your inbox

before your
reply.

I went to

our head office

at Cotonou Benin

and reported the

issue of
the

discovered 9 ATM

cards in my

office and they

verified it and

gave
me the veto

order to carry

out the delivery

immediately you
reconfirm your

mailing address

to this office

in order for us

to mail
the ATM

CARD directly to

you.

Note,below

information is

officially


needed for the

sending of the

card.

Full

name:__
Full

mailing info:__
Your cell phone

line:___
Country:___
Nearest

Airport:___
A.Copy of your

I`D:__

I will

send your ATM

Card once you

update us with

the above info

and
you shall be

given a tracking

number, that is,

the Track and

Trace
number of

your parcel

once it is

posted to your

mailing

address,
so as to

enable you track

your parcel to

know exactly

when it will
arrive to your

mailing address.

Remain blessed

as I'll be

looking forward

to receiving

your immediate

response
Email:

(dhLoffice59@yah

oo.com)

Regards

.Dr,Smith benson
Office Phone:

(229) 474-6015
New Manager DHL

Courier Company

Benin Republic.

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