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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. Raymond Johnson" <chustarglobal@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dhlod898@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 13:34:38 +0100
Subject: Dear Esteemed Customer Welcome to (D.H.L) delivery Company.

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Dear Esteemed Customer Welcome to (D.H.L) delivery Company.

Your total SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUNDS is waiting to be deliver to
your home address as soon as we hear back from you with your contact details,
funds amount is $2.5Million United State dollars in consigment box and
cheque of
$9.7 Million dollars from bank of America, we will send you the
picture of the cheque
and the picture of your consignment box from D.H.L here once we
receive your information
as we required from you now .please kindly get back to me as soon as
you receive this email

1.) Full Name:
2.) Age:
3.) Sex:
4.) Address:
5.) Zip/Postal Code:
6.) State/Province:
7) Country:
8) Phone:
9.) Occupation/Position:
10.) Company:
11.) International Passport:or ID CARD.
12.) Email Address:
13) Mothly income:

We are waiting for the information for your delivery to proceed this morning .


Thanks,

Mr,Raymond Johnson
DHL delivery agent.

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