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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: Rev Dr Frank William <johnwood334334@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnwood444333@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 01:22:28 -0700
Subject: Attn My Dear,Very urgent contact Dhl Company

HELLO! DEAR! GOOD NEWS TO YOU,

Your ATM Card of $1.5 million USD has been approved and was deposited
with DHL delivery company this morning for registration,and we agreed
up that the delivery of Your $1.5 Million USD ATM Package will take
off tomorrow morning So contact with your full info where your ATM
card will be delivered to,

SHIPMENT CODE GJK72DWQ
PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO OVX950.
SECURITY CODE EYTU/3055WEZ/263/
TRANSACTION CODE 7126/JLFS/7138/17305/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE MCBS/PQLE/2-6/41

YOUR ATM CARD HAVE ALREADY ACTIVATED AND YOU WILL START TO MAKE USE
OF IT THE SAME DAY YOU RECEIVE YOUR DELIVERY OK.

BELOW ARE YOUR ATM CARD DATA :

AMOUNT CREDITED : USD$1.5 million USD
YOUR ATM CARD ACCOUNT # : 7433052100311821
CARD LIMIT PER A DAY : USD$20,000 USD
EXPIRING DATE : 12/08/2026
PIN CODE # : 7501

below with the information's required.

(1) Full name---------
(2) Mobile Number:--------------
(3) Direct telephone number------
(4) Country of origin:--------
(5) Your Current delivery address:----
(6) Occupation/ age/ sex-----
(7) City -------------------
(8) A copy of your ID--------
Urgent contact today with your full address where your ATM card
will be delivered to because i will not be in the office next week:
The amount in your Card is US$1.5Million and your Pin code is # : 7501:


Contact Person: DHL COMPANY manager, Mr.JOHN WOOD
Contact phone number;+229-6045-4586
EMAIL;(johnwood444333@gmail.com)
Thanks, And Best Regards.
Rev Dr Frank William (Director) General
Express Courier Company.nks,

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