419 scam: DHL COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY <africandevelopbankgroup@gmail.com> YOUR ATM CARD DELIVERY

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348085823082 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- dhlcomdelivery@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DHL COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY <africandevelopbankgroup@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dhlcomdelivery@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2018 03:10:29 -0700
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD DELIVERY

DHL COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY
107,Isolo Express Road
Lagos Nigeria
Tel:+234-8085823082
Email:dhlcomdelivery@gmail.com

Greetings Customer,

Iâ€™m Mr. White Smith, the new appointed Delivery person of Regular
delivery DHL Office branched here in United State Of American . I
assumed in this office on 10th,January 2018. And On my going through
the files of the previous records of this office, I discovered that
there are six parcels containing ATM cards each one attached with an
email address of the owner on it, The former appointee of this office
(Ahmed Musa Jr) failed to carry out the delivery as it was instructed
and programmed.

Probably, one of his reasons for not carrying out the delivery was
that you have not provided your postal address to him for the
completion of the delivery as he remarked,

According to the content recorded in each file, the ATM card was
deposited by one Senior Evangelist Mathew Peterson who died one year
back as a charity foundation parcel to each of the six of you. On the
statement he wrote on the list, he stated that each of the
aforementioned ATM cards contains the sum of US$10,5,000.00 and he
found your email contacts as reputable and capable persons that can
use the charity awarded ATM Cards to change the lives of people.

Meanwhile, I've made the arrangement of delivery the six parcels
through Regular delivery DHL Office to the six of you to your
respective mailing addresses.

Am also sending the same message of the same content to six of you
that own the six abandoned ATM CARDS each at the same time. If found
in spam folder, it could be due to your Internet Service Provider bad
network, ISP. So move it to your inbox before your reply.

I went to our head office and reported the issue of the discovered six
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 deliver the ATM CARD
directly to you after Postal Stamp of the parcel. Note, below
information is officially needed for delivery of the ATM CARD ASAP.

YOUR FULL NAME______________
HOME ADDRESS___________
YOUR OCCUPATION______________
EMAIL ADDRESS_______
PHONE NUMBER_____________
COPY OF YOUR ID___________
YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT

We shall deliver 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 destination address,
so as to enable you track your parcel online to know exactly when it
will arrive to your destination address through dhl delivery company.

I am looking forward to receiving your immediate response.

Regards,
DHL Office
Mr. White Smith Ben.

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