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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 COMPANY OFFICE <anna.wilson987654@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dhldeliver042@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:10:03 +0100
Subject: Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,

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Attention

This is Mr Ben Mark the diplomatic agent from DHL shipping company .
I contacted you merely to let you know that federal government have
compensated you with sum of $8.2Million usd for been scammed by
jobless people OK. So your fully information were demanded by office
management for confirmation and verification before the fund will be
delivered to you OK.

Your full name.....................
ID card..........................
Home address........................
Country's name.....
City.........................
Occupation....................
Email..........................

Nearest airport where your compensation fund will be delivered to you.
So do that immediately so that office management will confirm it and
approve your fund delivery.

Regard
Mr Ben Mark
Diplomatic Agent

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