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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.
- 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.
- notariatroger@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Maitre Roger Crinot <antoniasisto@alice.it>
Reply-To: notariatroger@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 04:01:43 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?F=C3=89LICITATION_!!!_VOUS_ETES_L'HEUREUX_GA?=
=?UTF-8?Q?GNANT_DE_LA_COMPAGNIE_HEINEKEN_BEER_!!!?=
au plaisir de vous annoncés que vous êtres sélectionner au tombola heineken lors de
notre tirage 2015 vous êtres dans les 10 premiers qui on été sélectionnez et vous etres
heureux gagnant d'une sommes de 250 000 Euros a la promotion HEINEKEN et vous
aviez été choisis au hasard parmi plus de 100.000 sites Internet.En outre il faudra confirmer
votre identité complète et réclamer votre gain auprès de l'huissier de justice chargé de
l'homologation du tirage et de la remise du prix Zone Afrique/Europe, Maître ROGER CRINOT
qui a supervisé le tirage en présence des autorités de tutelle par son courriel approprié Ã
l'adresse Email: notariatroger@yahoo.com
INFORMATIONS PERSONNELLES A ENVOYER
NOM : …………………………………………………………............................
PRÉNOMS : …………………………………………………….............................
SEXE: ………………………… AGE: …………………….............................
PROFESSION: ………………………………………………..............................
ÉTAT CIVIL: ………………………………………………................................
PAYS : ……………………………… VILLE: ……………...............................
ADRESSE COMPLÈTE /E MAIL:...................................
N° DE TÉLÉPHONE :…………..............................
SERVICE CHARGER DES INFOS HEINEKEN BEER
HEINEKEN BÉER SPONSOR OFFICIEL DE LA LEAUGUE DES CHAMPIONS VOUS FÉLICITE!!!
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