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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 MARTINS JUDE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info.dhlpersonel@deliveryman.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 09:02:25 -0800
Subject: CONTACT HIM AGAIN

Attn: Payment is ready Ref number== SNVC.209775N

This is to bring your cognizance that I have paid for the re-activation fee
and the delivery charges of your ATM MASTER CARD. This has to be delivered to you as i have I paid for these cost.
Reason is because the whole fund has been loaded into ATM MASTER CARD with total sum of Eight Hundred Thousand
United states of American Dollar ($800000usd) FOR ALL SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION.

This has less than two weeks to expire and when it expires, the whole fund will be confiscated to federal government account as unclaimed fund.
So i do not want such to happen so after all your heart trauma you might have encountered in the hands of the hoodlums, I decided to help you pay the fees for your email show among scam victims . If you contact the delivery agent so that the ATM MASTER CARD
will get to you on time, because I know that when you get your ATM MASTER CARD
definitely you must pay me back for helping you. You refused to contact him last time as i told you, now get it done now.

Now I want you to send your full delivery information and forward to the delivery agent MR WILLIAMS HILS.

You’re name
You’re country
You’re home address
You’re Tel phone number


Do this so that he can deliver your ATM card to your choice of delivery, The
only thing you have to pay is the security keeping fee charges, which is $150
only. (info.dhlpersonel@deliveryman.com)

Contact him now ask him how you can send this fee to him
for effective delivery of your card. Let your subject Ref numb be SNVC.209775N This is your ref number.

Once again do not forget to ask him on how you can make the payment of the fees $150usd only.

Contact; MR WILLIAMS KANYON
Delivery agent
Phone number:+23481831060
Email:: info.dhlpersonel@deliveryman.com

Regards

MR MARTIN JUDE
Senior Vice President,
Zenith Bank Director ATM CARD.

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