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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 Delivery Services <deliveryagent489@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 19:06:16 +0100
Subject: Visa Card Was Discovered In my Office.

DHL COURIER COMPANY,
Office Address: Dhl Global Mail, 11401 Moog Dr, St. Louis, MO 63146,
United States

Customers Service Hours--Monday to Saturday: Office Hours Monday to Sunday:

Your ATM Visa Card Was Discovered In my Office.

Attention Dear Customer ,

I’m Mr. Randall Woodruff , the new appointed Manager of DHL Office at
Moog Dr, St. Louis MO. I assumed this office on 7th, September, 2022.
On going through the files of the previous records of this office, I
discovered that there are 9 parcels containing ATM cards each one
attached with an email address of the owner on it. The former
appointee of this office (Mr Williams Johnson) failed to carry out the
delivery as it was instructed and programmed. Probably, one of his
reasons for not carrying out the delivery was because of your
Non-Compliance Of Official Processes and Unbelief Of The Reality Of
Your Genuine Visa Card.

According to the content recorded in each file, the ATM card was
deposited by Mr Mathew Peterson Andrew who died one year back as a
manager of Bank of Africa. On the statement he wrote on the list, he
stated that each of the aforementioned ATM cards contains the sum of
US$3,500,000.00 and was supposed to transfer to you through his bank
but due to your unable to finish the process he uploaded the money to
their ATM Visa card and registered with DHL office before he died.

Meanwhile, I've made the arrangement of posting the 9 parcels through
our DHL fast delivery to the 9 of you to your respective mailing
addresses.

Am also sending the same message of the same content to 9 of you that
own the 9 abandoned ATM CARDS each at the same time. If found in spam
folder, it could be due to your Internet Service Provider, ISP. So
move to your inbox before your reply.

I went to our head office at Plantation, FL and reported the issue of
the discovered 9 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 mail the ATM
CARD directly to you. Note, below information is officially needed for
the sending of the card and a service charge of $125 for DHL new official stamp.

Full name:
Full mailing info:
Your cell phone line:
Country:
Nearest Airport:
A.Copy of your I`D:

I will send 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 mailing address, so as
to enable you track your parcel to know exactly when it will arrive to
your mailing address.

Remain blessed as I'll be looking forward to receiving your immediate response.

Yours affectionately.
Mr. Randall Woodruff .
New Appointed Manager
DHL Express Worldwide
Email: deliveryagent489@gmail.com

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