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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:
- 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:
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- dhldeliverycompany11@post.cz (Post; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- 23 patte d'oie 03 bp 2147burkina faso e-mail:(dhldeliverycompany11@post.cz) website;www.dhl.com attn: beneficiary shipment code (Post; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "DR.MATT JOHN" <t-kitazato@oguni-now.com>
Reply-To: dhldeliverycompany11@post.cz
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 23:34:32 +0100
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary
DHL International Burkina Faso
Lot No. 23 Patte D'Oie
03 BP 2147Burkina Faso
E-mail:(dhldeliverycompany11@post.cz)
Website;www.DHL.com
Attn: Beneficiary
SHIPMENT CODE AWB33XZS
We have a Parcel contained an International Cashier Bank
Draft/Cheque/Atm Card
worth the sum of ($8.3 million USD) which will be deliver to you at the
moment as long as you provide all the requirement information to the
DHL Courier Deliver
Express company before the parcel can be shipped
to your own residential address in your country. Further more,Your
e-mail /Home address was among the luckiest package that will be send
through Federal Express Delivery Service as soon as contact them so
what you have to do right now is to contact the Director of DHL
Delivery Department for immediate dispatch to your residential address.
CONTACT PERSON;DR.MATT JOHN (Director)
Email;(johnmattoa@seznam.cz)
(dhldeliverycompany11@post.cz)
Website;www.dhl.com
Cell;+1 360 266 5009
Reconfirm Your Address Once Again.
1.YOUR FULL NAME__________________
2.YOUR CELL NUMBER________________
3.YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS____________
4,YOUR OFFICIAL AGE___________________
5.YOUR OCCUPATION__________________
6.YOUR COUNTRY______________________
7.YOUR PHOTOGRAPH _________________
Direct Cell Phone Number for easy communication Note that if no
seriousness is seen from you, we have no choice but to send this fund
back to our treasury as an unclaimed fund by you. Do see that you
forward your above information to this email:(
dhldeliverycompany11@post.cz)
We anticipate your urgent respond.
My Regard to your family
Yours
DR Michael Byrd
DHL COURIER COMPANY LTD
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