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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: "DHL International (Nigeria) Ltd." <jamescharleshill83@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ddeliverycompany205@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 21:01:44 -0700
Subject: Dear Customer

DHL International (Nigeria) Ltd.
107,Isolo Expressway New Airport Rd Junction
Isolo Lagos- Nigeria.
Email reply: ddeliverycompany205@gmail.com
Working Hours......... Monday: 8.00am - 6.00pm.....Tuesday: 8.00am -
6.00pm....Wednesday: 8.00am - 6.00pm Thursday: 8.00am -
6.00pm....Friday: 8.00am - 6.00pm.....Sunday: Closed

Dear Customer

This is DHL International Delivery Company of Nigeria, we wish to
officially inform you that we received a package containing an ATM
CARD by your name valued $5 million USD to be delivered to your
residential address in your country. It was brought to our notice
yesterday morning from International Monetary Fund Department (IMF),
kindly reconfirm the below information properly to avoid us not making
any mistake during delivery or delivery to a wrong hand.

Full names....
Parcel owner address....
Tel.....
Nearest Airport.....
Copy of your ID .......

We will register your package and send you the tracking number for
safety delivery of your package as soon as you reconfirm the required
information needed for safety delivery to your residential address in
your Country.

DHL brand is known around the world. DHL takes protecting our
customers and their sensitive information seriously, DHL is one of the
world's great success stories, the start-up that revolutionized the
delivery of packages and information in the past 30 years, we've grown
up and grown into a diverse family of companies as DHL that's bigger,
stronger, better than ever.

I will be looking forward to hearing from you within 48hours.

Yours affectionately.

Mr George Hills
Dispatch Manager DHL Company

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