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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348074896415 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • customer.dhlcourier@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:05:44 -0700
Subject: (No subject header)

OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
{RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT}
44 GARRICK LANE F.C.T ABUJA
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
Your Ref. NG/ST/GBS

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your
contract/inheritance file and found out that why you have
not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled
the

obligations given to you in respect of your
contract/inheritance payment. Secondly,we have been informed
that you are still

dealing with the none officials in the bank all your
attempts to secure the release of the fund to you. We wish
to advise you

that such an illegal act like this have to stop if you wish
to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a
solution

to your problem. Right now we have arranged your payment
through our swift card payment centre Asia pacific,that's
lates

instruction from the new president, Aihaji umar musa yaradua
federal republic of Nigeria.

This card centre will send you an atm card which you will
use to withdraw
your money in any atm machine in any part of the world,but
the maximum is
ten thousand,five hundred United States dollars per day. So
if you like to
receive your funds in this way please let us know by
contacting the Dhl
Courier Company and also send the following information as
listed below.

1. Full name
2. Full address
3. phone
4. Your age
5. Gender
6. Occupation
7. Country

However, We have Concluded an arrangement with the Dhl
Courier Company for
them to deliver your Atm Card to you,and to let you know
that you have to
Contact the Dhl Courier Company with your information Via
email so that they can send down your Atm Card to your
postal

address and to also let you know that the amount which you
are to send to them for the delivery of you Atm Card to be
deliver

to your postal address is $200 USD being the Ups Courier
Company Delivery Charges so far.

**********************************************
Mr.Larry White.
Ups Courier Company Dispatch Officer
E-mail:customer.dhlcourier@yahoo.com.hk
Telephone: +234-8074-896-415
Fax: +234-8074-896-415
**********************************************

The atm card payment centre has been mandated to issue out
$2.5 Million as
part payment for this fiscal year 2008. Also your
information,you have to
stop any further communication with any other person(s) or
office(s)to avoid any hitch in receiving your payment. Note
that

because of impostors, we hereby issue you our code of
conduct, which is (ATM-199/2008) so you have to indicate
this code when

contacting the card centre by using it as your subject.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam