419 scam: "Mr. Emile Willis" <sis269243@gmail.com> Contact DHL Customer Service For Your Parcel Delivery,

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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:

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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- "dhlexpressbn@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Emile Willis" <sis269243@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dhlexpressbn@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 02:20:35 -0700
Subject: Contact DHL Customer Service For Your Parcel Delivery,

Dear Friend,

Hope you are good, I have registered your ATM MASTER CARD with DHL COMPANY
this morning as we agreed with the World Bank, United Nations and Bank of
America introduced this payment arrangement as to enable all the charitable
donation funds contract, Winning Prize, inheritance beneficiary to receive
their fund without any interference,

And the delivery will take off by tomorrow morning based on my agreement
with DHL Director Mr. Henry Davis (+229) 5299-2721 contact. MOST IMPORTANT:
is to reconfirm DELIVERY DESTINATION INFORMATION:

Receiver's Name:
Address:
Tel/:
Identity Card:
Closest Airport to you:

Go ahead and contact the DHL Director via the following email:(
dhlexpressbn@outlook.com) Note that you will pay for delivery charge only,
which is $400 USD.

Then relocate to a nearby Walmart store and purchase an iTunes card $100
into 4 wish is the fee scratch it take a picture of the card and send to
him the photocopy through email immediately in order to be proceeded on
your delivery as schedule OK, and your amount in the ATM Card is
US$4.5Million dollars, the Pin code of your ATM CARD is: (2751)

Thanking You Sincerely Yours.

Best Regards
Mr. Emile Willis,
(From United Bank for Africa(UBA)

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