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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. Michael Van" <mr.juliustomari705@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: mr.michaelvan@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 13:20:47 -0400
Subject: Lucky Winner



HEINEKEN BOTTLING COMPANY
ANTHONIE VAN DIJCKERWEG
11078 AMSTERDAM NETHERLANDS.
Website: http://www.heineken.nl


Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you that the result of the annual final draws
of Heineken Annual Promo is out for immediate payment; note the online
Heineken Annual Promo draws was conducted by a random selection of
E-mail addresses from an exclusive list of 89,931 E-mail addresses of
individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random
computer (TOPAZ) search from the internet.


However, no tickets were sold for this lottery and draws but all E-mail
addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation
and privacy purposes.


After this automated computer ballot, your E-mail address emerged as one
of the Eight (10) lucky winners in the fourth category for the second
prize with the following data:


Ref Number: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch Number: HGL-14/28/0046
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750

You as well as the other winners, are therefore to receive a cash prize
of Five Million United States Dollars ($5,000,000.00) from the total
payout.


You are required to Submit your information stated below to your claim
agent: Rev. Oliver Emere, Phone: +234-705537972 Email:
oemere@outlook.com for collection of your prize.


Your Name:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Nationality:
Sex:
Age:
Occupation:
Ref Number: ASL/941OYI/02/SHYN
Batch Number: HGL-14/28/0046
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750

We hope to hear from you

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Michael Van Der Holt
Heineken Lottery Coordinator.

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