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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: "MR. Mark Done" <celestinechidi011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officefilefile369@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 03:30:09 -0700
Subject: GREETINGS,FROM DHL COURIER COMPANY.

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DHL Global Logistics - International Shipping Company.
Address: 1900 Sacramento St, Los Angeles, CA 90021, United States
Telephone: 716-389-4253
Attention: Valuable Customer,

We at DHL wish to inform you that we have a parcel for you containing
a Visa Card valued $1.7 Million which will be deliver to you after you
provide all the required information to our office before the parcel
can be shipped to your own residential address.

Furthermore, you might be asking yourself how come this parcel, your
Visa Card was brought to our office to be deliver to you by a official
of the World Bank Group, signifying that you has been selected to
receive the Visa Card through their Mass Assisted Compensation Funds.

Meanwhile, before the delivery or shipment will take place, you are
advice to RECONFIRM to us the following data mention below:

Your Full Name……………..
Your Phone Number……….
Your home Address…….
Your Occupation:………………
Sex:……..Age:……………

The above requested information's will enable us deliver your parcel
correctly without any mistake or delivering your parcel to a wrong
person.

For your information, all the necesery requirement papers and the Card
PIN number has been packaged together with your Visa Card.

Thanks for your kind understanding, We hope that you will respond to
us as soon as possible because if you fail to respond until the expiry
date of this delivery, we may return the package to World Bank Group.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Mark Done
DHL Express ®Courier Company
Email: officefilefile369@gmail.com
Telephone: 716-389-4253

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