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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.
- 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.
Fraud email example:
From: Joseph Kane <"dhl."@fine.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Joseph Kane <joseph.kane1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 20:23:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: This is DHL Director Mr. Joseph Kane
Dear parcel owner
Good day
Am here to confirm from you to know if you still need your card in this company to be delivered. This is DHL Director Mr. Joseph Kane. Your parcel of ATM card has been in this company for a while now. We need to accomplish to your home destination but you are delaying to pay for the delivery charge which cost $130 dollars. Do you want us to return back this parcel to the UBA Bank as you are unable to pay for the delivery charge? Please i need your urgent respond.
I will be very glad to hear from you now.
Thank you for using DHL
Best Regards,
Director DHL
Joseph Kane
+229 99411615
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