419 scam: "Mr. Heinemann" <drikeo@yahoo.com> INFORMATION

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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:
- "hundred thousand american 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)
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.
- esq.gerharth@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- emails... sincerely, esq.gerhart h= einemann email: esq.gerharth@gmail.com email: sirgerharth@gmail.com email: = (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- sirgerharth@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Heinemann" <drikeo@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: sirgerharth@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 23:51:19 +0200
Subject: INFORMATION

I write this letter with all sincerity and hope you will understand and ass=
ist my client and her Son. I also believe that it will be of immense benefi=
t to you as well. I am Mr Gerhart Heinemann. A lawyer to Mrs. Fatima Meshaa=
l, the wife of Late Sheikh al- al-Qassam Meshaal .a business man from Yemen=
but was killed during the on-going war in early 2016. My client who was tr=
aveling to the USA for as an asylum seeker was detained with her son a few =
days ago, but as a family lawyer I pulled some strings to have them deporte=
d to The Republic of South Africaa and she narrated this ordeal to me and r=
equested I seek the assistance of a foreign partner. According to her, befo=
re the death of her husband, he told her about the existence of the sum of =
US$9.9.000.000 [Nine Million Nine Hundred Thousand American Dollars] which =
he deposited in a BANK here in the Republic of South Africa. The fund was m=
eant for the purchase of Mining machineries and equipments and other busine=
ss ventures, also with 150 kilos of Gold all declares as valuables. But due=
to the current.my client can no longer handle this a lone but needs the he=
lp me a foreign beneficiary.. Due to the fact that my client and her Son ar=
e Asylum Seekers (REFUGEES) in the Republic of South Africa now, they are n=
ot permitted by law of the Republic of South Africa to some certain rights,=
such as operating bank accounts, investment, study and other monetary tran=
saction, thus the reason I am soliciting your utmost assistance on their be=
half to accept the fund in your bank account as a foreign partner to late S=
heikh al- al-Qassam Meshaal. Every legal documents for the claim of the fun=
d in your name as the beneficiary would be processed and submitted to the a=
ppropriate offices for the release of the funds, so if you consider this pr=
oposal and really wish to assist my client, please reply immediately, do un=
derstand that this fund is for investment purpose and my client would like =
to relocate to your country and you will be in charge of everything, also k=
now that you will stand as a partner and this will be beneficial to all par=
ties involve, do send me your full details, such as country, age, occupatio=
n, full name and direct telephone number and we shall discuss further. Kind=
ly contact me directly through the below emails... Sincerely, Esq.Gerhart H=
einemann Email: esq.gerharth@gmail.com Email: sirgerharth@gmail.com Email: =
gerhart.h@webmail.co.za=20

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