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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: "Mrs. Florin Todler" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <claimsdpt@heinekenpromotion.esy.es>
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 01:13:51 -0700
Subject: RE: Ref Number: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN

HEINEKEN BOTTLING COMPANY
Oakley street, Birmingham
B1 6LF, England.
United Kingdom.

THE HEINEKEN COMPANY SEASONAL PROMOTION!

The annual online Heineken Promo draws is normally conducted by a random selection of E-mail addresses from an exclusive list of 69,250 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer system search (TOPAZ) from the internet. Even though no tickets were sold, all E-mail addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation, confidentiality and privacy. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our United Kingdom representative office in East sussex, England, as indicated in your play coupon. The winning prize of US$700,000.00 will be released to you from the regional branch office.

Ref Number: XG/HE1OYI6402/WIN
Batch Number: WIN-14/28/5-886
Ticket Number: 025-1992-008

Names in Full:
Age/Sex:
Address:
Country of residence:
Country of origin:
Telephone number:
Winning e-mail:
Occupation:

Contact your U.K claim agent immediately through the details stated below:

Name: Attorney Jim Cartias
Email: claimsdpt@heinekenpromotion.esy.es

Thank you and accept our congratulations once again!!!

Faithfully yours,

Mrs. Florin Todler
HEINEKEN LOTTERY
UNITED KINGDOM REGIONAL CO-ORDINATOR.
(FOREIGN CLAIMS DEPARTMENT)

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