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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "cotonou" (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 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.
- dhlc681@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: JACK DUKE <lord.jimy@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: JACK DUKE <dhlc681@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 06:08:43 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: CONTACT DHL COMPANY WITH YOUR DELIVERY INFORMATION
 Attn My Dear Friend ,
This is to inform you that your long awaiting fund worth $2.5M has been approved to be delivered to you in Good faith. We are very sorry for our late response, we have been working very hard to
come up with proper modalities of making the delivery to you through DHL and we have come to a final conclusion from our last meeting that you are going to receive your FUND through ATM CARD.
This is the registration Number of your Package Fed/122p/mtm/2007Zip Code;0113388 so do not let the company to know the real contents of the package so that they can deliver it to you safely.
Reconfirm your current information to DHL Courier Company for immediate
procedure. Such as below
YOUR NAME_______________
YOUR HOME ADDRESS_______
YOUR ID COPY____________
YOUR COUNTY___________
YOUR AGE/SEX_____________
DIRECT PHONE NUMBER____
YOUR OCCUPATION______
All these things is needed from you now to submit to the company for urgent delivery of your package contains $2.5M Please contact the delivery company immediately and reconfirm your info to them to enable agent locate you when he arrived in your country.This is the company contact info.
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Email:dhlc681@gmail.com
Tel:+22998619667(Eric Adam (Director General)
DHL Express Delivery Cotonou Benin Republic.
Please contact the company immediately you receive this email so that your package will leave tonight to be deliver to you.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS
JACK DUKE
Minister of finanace
REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
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