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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: "ALLY Credit Bank INC." <jebrown016@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2023 03:48:55 -0500
Subject: Dear Beneficiary

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From DHL Express Shipping in New York,22 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017 USA.

This is DHL Delivery service company officer,I wish thatto officially
inform you that we received a package containing an ATM CARD with your
name valued $10.5 million USD to be delivered to your residential
address.. It was brought to our notice yesterday morning from
International Monetary Fund Department (IMF). Kindly reconfirm the
below information properly to avoid any mistakes during delivery.

Full names....
Delivery home Vcc ....
Office phone number .....
Personal phone number :....
Occupation.....
Nearest Airport.....
Email:....
A copy of your I’d card/driven license:..

We will register your package and send you the tracking number to
enable you to monitor the arrival of your ATM CARD, Also for safety
delivery of your package as soon as you reconfirm the required
information needed for safety delivery of your package to your
residential address. Also be apprised that all the USA Financial
agencies have confirm the genuineness of this package.

Also here’s the tracking number for someone whom I delivered his ATM
CARD on November 09,2020, here is the beneficiary package tracking
number 4890820023, you can track it on DHL Website to know if I am
telling you the truth or not.

Website: www.dhl.com

Tracking number: 4890820023

I WILL FULFILLED MY OBLIGATIONS TO DELIVER YOUR ATM CARD TO YOUR HOME
ADDRESS AS
SOON AS YOU FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS.

Yours affectionately.

Mr. Ronald Wayne Baker
here is my number (256) 580-6422
Dhl Delivery service company officer

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