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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: "Barr. Tony Wilfred" <scccbr@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dhldiplomatic21@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:21:10 +0900 (KST)
Subject: CONTACT DIPLOMAT STANLEY ADAMS AT YOUR AIRPORT



Attention:Dearest friend,



This is to inform you that the DIPLOMATIC AGENT conveying the $750.000.00USD

to you as a Consignment box is stranded in your airport and he is waiting for

your direction now. He misplace your address meanwhile, I'm not in Benin

Republic right now so kindly farword your below information to him to avoid

the divertion of your payment.

(1)YOUR FULL ADDRESS (2) YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT (3) FULL NAME (4) PRIVATE TELEPHONE.



Contact him right now because if they return the consignment back again,it

will be hard to ship the payment to you due to the problem we are having to

transfer money out of the Country. NOTE THIS, the diplomat carry out the

delivey as FAMILIES TREASURE so don't let him know that there is

$750.000.00USD inside the box delivering to you. E-mail the above information

to him now and make sure he deliver the consignment to you today.

CONTACT PERSON (MR. STANLEY ADAMS) DHL AGENT.

E-mail:dhldiplomatic21@hotmail.com





Don't delay,i will be leaving the state for another 9months caurse so if you

dont hear from the DHL agent or company today then contact Mrs.Rose Zuba the

Ecobank accountant officer by phone calls +229 6693 9181 because she is only

person in the bank that helped me made the deposit with DHL courier company.



Let me know as soon as you receive the consignment to ensure we share the joy

together after the sufferness.



Thanks and God bless.



Barr. Tony Wilfred.

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