419 scam: "MR.AHMED YAKI" <mariamblessjustinyak@gmail.com> ATM visa card was Discovered In post office

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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 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)
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.
- dhlcourierserrsouagabf@post.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR.AHMED YAKI" <mariamblessjustinyak@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dhlcourierserrsouagabf@post.com
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:06:37 +0000
Subject: ATM visa card was Discovered In post office

Greeting

Iâ€™m Mr.Ahmed Yaki,the new appointed Delivery man of Regular delivery
DHL Office branched at Burkina Faso-Ouagadougou. I ressumed this
office on 3rd,May 2017. On going through the files of the previous
records of this office, I discovered that there are six parcels
containing ATM cards each one attached with an email address of the
owner on it. The former appointee of this office (Alhaji Ahmed Musa
Jr.) failed to carry out the delivery as it was instructed and
programmed. Probably, one of his reasons for not carrying out the
delivery was that you have not provided your postal address to him for
the completion of the delivery as he remarked.

According to the content recorded in each file, the ATM card was
deposited by one Senior Evangelist Mathew Peterson who died one year
back as a charity foundation parcel to each of the six of you. On the
statement he wrote on the list, he stated that each of the
aforementioned ATM cards contains the sum of US$7,500.000.00 Million
Dollars and he found your email contacts as reputable and capable
persons that can use the charity awarded ATM Cards to change the lives
of people.

Meanwhile, I've made the arrangement of delivery the six parcels
through Regular delivery DHL Office to the six of you to your
respective mailing addresses.

Am also sending the same message of the same content to six of you
that own the six abandoned ATM CARDS each at the same time. If found
in spam folder, it could be due to your Internet Service Provider,
ISP. So move to your inbox before your reply.

I went to our head office at Burkina Faso-Ouagadougou and reported the
issue of the discovered six ATM cards in my office and they verified
it and gave me the veto order to carry out the delivery immediately
you reconfirm your mailing address to this office in order for us to
deliver the ATM CARD directly to you after Postal Stamp of the parcel.
Note, below information is officially needed for delivery of the ATM CARD ASAP.

Full name:
Full mailing info:
Your cell phone line:
Country:
Nearest Airport:

We shall deliver your ATM Card once you update us with the above info
and you shall be given a tracking number, that is, the Track and Trace
number of your parcel once it is posted to your destination address,
so as to enable you track your parcel to know exactly when it will
arrive to your destination address.

I will looking forward to receiving your immediate response.

Regards,
MR.AHMED YAKI
DHL,Director Office Burkina Faso-Ouagadougou.
DHL E-MAILâ€¦( dhlcourierserrsouagabf@post.com )
Phone Number +226 77 66 30 49

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