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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- deliveryagentfile2021@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: INFO@usa.net
Reply-To: agentpetercruz2021@poczta.onet.eu
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 05:24:48 -0700
Subject: CONTACT MR PETER CRUZ RIGHT NOW FOR YOUR DELIVERY.
Good Day My Friend
I have paid the fee for your check draft and I took it to the FINANCIAL BANK PLC to confirm it then the Manager of the Bank MR JAMES
LEON told me that before the check can get to you it will expire on the way and if it expired it will become useless so He advice
me to convert $5.5 US Dollars (FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) into ATM Visa Card and deposit it in DHL COURIER
COMPANY REPUBLIC OF BENIN to deliver it to you and I did it as he advice me because he is a banker he knows the
durability of any foreign check or draft.
I deposited the said package in the DHL COURIER COMPANY as an cotton materials for security reasons. This is the registration Number
of your Package FDX/122p/mtm/2020 Zip Code;0113388 so do not let the company to know the real contents of the Package so that they
can deliver it for you safely. I want you to contact the company immediately with the following information though I give them
your information but you need to re-confirm it for them.
Below is the required information you need to give them now,
1.YOUR FULL NAME AND HOME ADDRESS:
2.YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBER:
3.A COPY OF YOUR PHOTO
4.YOUR AGE AND MARITAL STATUS:
5.YOUR COUNTRY AND CITY:
6.YOUR OCCUPATION:
All these things is what they needed from you now to submit to the company for urgent delivery of your package contains $5.5 Million Us
Dollars Please contact the delivery company immediately and re-confirm your info to them to enable their agent locate you when he
arrived in your country.This is the company contact info.
Mr Peter Cruz (Director General)
Telephon/WhatsAPP;+22966509937
Email:(EMAIL: deliveryagentfile2021@gmail.com)
DHL COURIER COMPANY BENIN. Please contact the company immediately you receive this email so that your package will leave tonight to be
deliver to you Immediatley. Get back to me as soon as you receive your package from the company.
THE sooner you contacts DHL COURIER COMPANY THE fast your package will
be delivered.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS
SANDRA LEON.
Minister of finance
REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
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