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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: "Sandra DHL Customer Arrival" <info@test.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 03:52:06 +0300
Subject: Commercial Invoice & BL, PL port of discharge, delivery address,
delivery type, etc.)


Dear ,
=

Please find attached the Commercial Invoice of your order for your perusal=
. We need you to go through the details (i.e port of discharge, delivery ad=
dress, delivery type, etc.) to make sure that they are correct.
=

If we do not hear from you within 2 days with any changes, we would ship t=
he goods based on the attached details. Any amendment charges incurred for =
BL or AWB amendment will be borne by your company.
=

Thank you and Best Regards
=

VST Orders
vstorders@tyt.com
+34 915580224
=

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