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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:
- 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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: DHL INTERNATIONAL <dhl1@delivery.com>
Reply-To: dhl1@dhl.com
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 21:48:43 +0000
Subject: CONFIRM THE DELIVERY OF YOUR PACKAGE TODAY
Dear Consignee,
We and the entire delivery companies are to inform you that your
delivery will be done today.You are not to pay a dime more on this
delivery for everything has been taken care of.You will be getting
your delivery and your fund today without any further delay.You should
not worry for this file is encrypted and your information is
secured.We therefore urge you to proceed now with this your email
information and every other email information you have been scammed
from and then take the tracking number to confirm the exact time your
delivery will be done so that you will be at home when the delivery is
done.Congratulations Attached is your tracking number
Please download DHL AWB Documents that need to be printed and given to
courier upon arrival .
Best regards
DHL Express Team
NOTE: IF MESSAGE IS FOUND BY ERROR IN YOUR JUNK MAIL KINDLY MOVE TO INBOX
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THIS IS AN AUTOMATED MESSAGE, PLEASE DO NOT REPLY.
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