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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: DHL Courier Services <dhl.csben@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 19:12:09 -0800
Subject: YOUR ATM VISA CARD IS READY.

Having reviewed all the obstacles and problems surrounding the
transfer of your fund($1.2 Million) One Million two Hundred and
United States Dollars and your inability to meet up with some charges
levied against you due to the past transfer options,we the Board of
Directors, Bank Of Africa (BOA) have ordered our Foreign Payment
Remittance Unit to issue you a VISA CARD where your payment will be
uploaded.

so we have decided to issue you ATM card which we will upload all your
funds inside it,so that we will send it directly to your home address

Today, we got the notice that your Payment has been uploaded into
this VISA CARD and also have registered it with DHL Courier And
Delivery Company. For your information, The delivery charges have
been paid and they are supposed to have shipped your packaged (ATM
CARD) but they insisted that you must re-confirm to them your current
delivery address to ensure accurate Delivery.

MOST IMPORTANTLY: Due to the
content of the package, DHL courier mandated that before your package
will be shipped, a Stamp Duty MUST be procured according to the New
Shipping Creed on all packages leaving Africa .The essence of such
Document is to ensure a hitch-free delivery and the amount of the
Stamp Duty Fee is $125 . When this is done, DHL Courier will issue you
with the tracking numbers for your package before the shipping
commences .

Therefore reconfirm your current delivery address. Do not forget that
this $125 is all that you should send to them, the rest of the fees
have been paid.
Finally, for security reasons, and considering the huge amount the ATM
Card contains, the package was coded thus,

Registraion Ref: DHLex/atm/100.

This is the code number that you will send to the courier company
while contacting them, and the courier company is not aware what the
content of the package is. We told them that it contained some
very vital official documents being sent to an offshore staff. Do not
reveal the content of the package to the courier company or any body
for security purposes. The information of the courier company is
here-by given below,

1. Your full name:
2. Your physical address
3. Your house phone:
4. Your cellphone:

DHL Courier And Delivery Company
Phone +22964545909
Email dhl.csben@gmail.com

Please hurry now as your package might incurr demurrage if it stays
more than 3 days with DHL Courier Services
Thanks,

Head Office,
Address:3800 Broadway Blvd,
Kansas City, MO 64111, USA
+1660324-0675

Dr. paul williams
ATM Department Manager
Phone +22961941761
ecob1992@outlook.com
Bank Of Africa.

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