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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: Ruth Harper <officefls20@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Ruth Harper <dhl-customer-service@universitarios.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 05:05:19 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good news. we have been release your delivery.


Hello ,

And I am very happy to  inform that I have paid for  delivery of your insured Intentional ATM Card of $3.720 million, I paid it because the ATM Card ,has less one Year to expire and when it expires, the money will go into Government investment.

so you have to contact  DHL Company with your Full Contact information so that they will deliver your package to your designated address without any delay.& I register it with African cloth and do not forget my help when you receive it.

Master ATM Card valued $3.720 million, was convicted Into ATM Card to avid your fund enter into Government purse, because my boss Dr. William Belkin,a national of your country insertion me to send your funds to avid expires, or go into Government investment before he travel.

She signed it for your effort to be received by you. which you might find it so difficult to remember her. Though, it is indeed, a very long time. On she singular, so much delighted and privileged to contact you again after some couple of months gone. It takes fate, courage and God's fearing to remember old friends and at the same time, to show gratification to them, despite circumstances that made things, not worked out as we projected then. I take this liberty to inform you that, the transaction she were pursing together (US$25.5Million), finally worked out by God's infinite mercy she instructed me to  contact you, just to let you know. she have conscience as a human being, due to your tremendous effort and contribution to make things work out in retrospect. Now I want you to contact the Courier Company immediately because since you have decided to bring a solution so that your will receive fund via Courier immediate receive your CARD ) via DHL they i
have arranged and registered your ATM card on your behalf onward delivery to your Home.

all you have to do immediate is to reconfirm them your contact information to enable them dispatch your VISA ATM Card to avoiding expiring of the ATM CARD, so Contact them with your home address on their Information below.

and be inform that the diplomatic Currier conveying the consignment box valued the sum of 3.720.000.00 United States Dollars contact them immediate to avid them misplaced of your address and they are currently stranded to arrived at your home immediate. They required you to reconfirm the following information below so that he can deliver the delivery will take a place to your home

1.YOUR FULL NAME:_________________
2.YOUR ADDRESS:_______________________
3.TELEPHONE NUMBER:___________
4.OCCUPATION:_________________

Person contact; REV.Larry, via
PH. +229-9822-7496

Like I told you, I did not pay for their official keeping fees since. They refused and the reason is that they do not know when you are going to contact them because of they demur-rage might have been increased. They told me that their keeping fee is and I deposited it on 2 days ago Identification box information Bellow..

Deposit Number: PLCC-101-PL45
Sort/Clearance Code: PLC/101-45/P50
Deposit Certificate N0.: 405576
Consignment Description: 1 BOX of Africa cloths
Depositor: .Ruth Harper.

It will be coming back when you filed to contact them. Immediate they arrived to your home At the moment, I'm very busy here because of the projects, which i having at hand. Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart, Also comply with Company DHL,

Best Regards.

Mrs. Harper

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