419 scam: "DHL HEAD OFFICE"<info@westminpres.org> Attention It Is Very Urgent Because Your Lost ATM CARD Has Benn Found .

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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:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "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 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.
- +22968875339 (Benin, probably a 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.
- dhlcouriercomp231@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DHL HEAD OFFICE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dhlcouriercomp231@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:22:19 +0100
Subject: Attention It Is Very Urgent Because Your Lost ATM CARD Has Benn Found .

DHL International Benin
Lot No. 23 Patte D'Oie
03 BP 2147
Cotonou
Telephone 00229 688 753 39

Hello Dear Customer,

Please the Company are here to inform you about the news we had from your Country Airport Immigrations , Your Country Airport Immigration contacted my office today stating that they arrested our agent in a fraudulent activate that they arrested him on his way to enter his flight that is coming to Benin Republic with an ATM VISA CARD that was not in the agent’s name and along the process they found out that the ATM CARD was your original ATM VISA CARD he came to deliver to you the owner for a Month plus now which he didn’t complete the delivery to you .

They said that they found out that the original ATM VISA CARD worth the sum of $10.5 Million Us Dollars and when they took him to the nearest ATM MACHINE and then they found out that the current balance now in the card was $10,450.000.00 Million Us Dollars that the agent has spent $50,000 and he was in his hotel room calling and telling you that the Airport Customs need one or two documents to get you your original ATM VISA CARD without you knowing that he was with the original TM VISA CARD of yours enjoying of the money.

Now the original ATM VISA CARD of yours has been collected from him by the Immigration officers and handed him over to the Police and right now he is in the Police .

Yes this happened to be pure truth because this agent left this Company since last Month and since then , he didn’t return back to continue with another delivery but excuses all the time , that he was stopped to board his flight to Benin Republic because of one or other paper while we know that all his papers was completely ok before he left our Company for the delivery , so we suspect him and what the Immigrations said is pure truth but we blame the sender of the ATM VISA CARD of yours who packaged your Card with the pin number because that was why our unfaithful agent had access to make a use of the Card .

Now the Immigrations Officers of your Airport said that they can only release the and send the original ATM VISA CARD of yours with balance of $10,450.000.00 Us Dollars only if they confirm your Original Ownership Certificate and your Original Court Approval Certificate and you can forward it to our office here for us to contact the Immigration Officerss of your Country with those Certificates needed by them and the only option is obtaining it very fast without any delay if you confirm not to have the Original Certificates .

For now this is what we knew about the matter which is what the Immigrations Officers of your Airport told us and what we expressed on our side is that all appears to be pure truth .

You can only spend money on your side in this matter only if you don’t have those required Certificates the Immigrations ask for before they can release and send you the Original ATM VISA CARD with balance of $10,450.000.00 Million Us Dollars and to obtain the Original Ownership Certificate and your Original Court Approval Certificate is what I don’t know what it will cost you but no matter what , I will help you and find out the cost to avoid any delay because if you delay the Immigrations will suspect you not to be the Original Owner of the ATM VISA CARD understand.

Thank and God Bless you.

Director: Dr.Ben Larry.
E-mail : dhlcouriercomp231@yahoo.com
Telephone: 00229 688 753 39

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