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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 CHRISTOPHER BEN <"www."@mild.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: MR CHRISTOPHER BEN <dhlcompany78@deliveryman.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 05:12:11 +0900 (JST)
Subject: UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA)

UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA)
UBA Rue 390, Cotonou,
Benin Republic
Attn:Payment Notification,
This is to bring your notice that,I have paid the re_activation fee and the delivery of your atm master card,I paid it because the ATM MASTER CARD code is 8119 and the
$5.5 million inside the card has less than three days to expire,and when it expires the money inside will go into the government purse.

with that i have decided to help you pay the money so that the ATM MASTER CARD will not expire,because I know that when you get your ATM MASTER CARD definitely you
must pay me back my money and even compensate me for helping you.Now i want you to contact DHL DELIVER COMPANY with your full delivery information's such as

You’re name
You’re country
You’re home address
You’re Tel phone number
include your ID Card

so that they can deliver your ATM MASTER CARD to your designated home address without any more delay.like i stated early the delivery charges has been paid but i did not pay their official keeping charges since they refused,and they did it because they do not know when you are going to contact them and the dummorage might have increase,they told me that their keeping charges is $185,per day and i deposited it yesterday been the 2nd
Day of November 2017.call him as soon as you receive this email.Below is their contact Information's
Contact person: DR DAVIS
DHL DELIVERY COMPANY
Phone number: +22998124208 Or you call our head office USA at +1( 202 ) 852-2964
Email:dhlcompany78@deliveryman.com
contact them today to avoid increase of their official keeping fee.and let me know once you receive your ATM MASTER CARD.
Regards
MR DAVIS
ATM MASTER CARD OFFICE UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (UBA)
Federal Republic of Benin West Africa.

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