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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. WILLIAMS FORSTER" <plogitech88@gmail.com>
Reply-To: deliveryagentt802@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 13:08:40 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION: DEAR CUSTOMER,

THIS EMAIL IS COMING TO YOU AS A REMINDER CONCERNING YOUR PENDING
PACKAGE THAT HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A LONG TIME. AS YOU ALREADY KNOW
THAT THIS PACKAGE IS CONTAINING AN ATM CARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $7.5
MILLION USD.

THIS EMAIL IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR DELIVERY TEAM HAS FINALLY
CARRIED OUT DELIVERY OF YOUR PACKAGE. THE PACKAGE LEFT COTONOU BENIN
ON THURSDAY AUGUST 18 2022 AND SINCE THEN PACKAGE HAS BEEN IN BRUSSELS
- BELGIUM AWAITING FOR CUSTOM CLEARANCE, AND BECAUSE OF THE DELAY IT
HAS BEEN SIGNED BY MR CHRISTIAENS STEFAN TO AVOID WRONG DELIVERING OF
YOUR PACKAGE ATM CARD.

TO TRACK YOUR PACKAGE, GO TO HTTP://WWW.DHL.COM AND INSERT THE
TRACKING NUMBER BELOW TO VIEW DELIVERY STATUS.

HTTP://WWW.DHL.COM
TRACKING NUMBER: 6228550915

ON THE TRACKING PAGE YOU WILL SEE THAT THIS PACKAGE IS GOING TO A
WRONG ADDRESS. THIS IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE REFUSED TO GIVE US YOUR
COOPERATION. YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED TO PROVIDE US WITH THE BELOW
DETAILS SO WE CAN IMMEDIATELY HAVE IT SEND OUT TO OUR DELIVERY MEN IN
BELGIUM.

YOU’RE NAME (IN FULL):
YOU’RE DELIVERY ADDRESS:
YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER:
YOUR WHATSAPP NUMBER:

PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A REDIRECTION FEE OF $98
WHEN REPLYING THIS EMAIL WITH THE MTCN NUMBER WHICH YOU ARE TO MAKE
AVAILABLE TO THIS OFFICE VIA WORLD-REMIT TRANSFER, MONEY GRAM MONEY
TRANSFER OR WESTER UNION MONEY TRANSFER OFFICE IN THE NAME OF OUR
RECEIVING ACCOUNTING OFFICER STATED BELOW. YOU CAN ALSO MAKE THE
PAYMENT BY SENDING A STEAM WALLET CARD OR ITUNES $100 FOR IMMEDIATE
REDIRECTION OF YOUR PACKAGE:

RECEIVERS NAME: MILO BUDDY
COUNTRY: BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY: COTONOU
AMOUNT: $98 .00
TEXT QUESTION: URGENT
TEXT ANSWER: TODAY
MTCN…….
SENDER’S NAME…….
PHONE; +229 61669849


MANAGEMENT,(delivring@gmail.com
MR. WILLIAMS FORSTER
THE DHL MANAGER BENIN REPUBLIC
ADDRESS: 455 AGBOKOU ANKPA ROAD COTONOU

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