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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: "HEIDI MEIER" <heidi_meier4@aol.com>
Reply-To: heidimeier091@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 17 May 2017 15:41:42 +0100
Subject: EMAIL LOTTERIE





EURO MILLIONEN EMAIL LOTTERIE
28080 Madrid - Spain. Info-line

Ref Number: PS/0670/1678/ESP
Batch Number: N/2014-0219 /EU

Sehr geehrte / ter email Benützer !

Wir sind erfreut ihnen mitteilen
Ihre email Adresse hat €1,200.000.00€ (EINEMILLIONZWEIHUNDERTAUSEND EURO)
gewonnen . Mit den Glückszahlen 9-3-8-26-28-4-64 In der EURO MILLIONEN
EMAIL LOTTERIE.Die Summe ergibt sich aus
einer Gewinnausschuttung von. €22.800,000,00
( ZWEIUNDZWANZIGMILLIONENACHTHUNDERTTOUSEND )
Die Summe wurde durch 19 Gewinnern aus der gleichen
Kategorie geteilt. ! Bitte kontaktieren Sie für Ihren Gewinn zuständige
Sachbearbeiterin Frau HEIDI MEIER per email; heidimeier091@gmail.com
BITTE AUSFUILLEN DEIN DATAS AUS UNTEN.
Glückszahlen:_______________
NAME: ___________________FAMILIENNAME:_____________________
ADRESSE:__________________________________________________
STADT: ________________PLZ: ____________LAND: _______________
GEB: DATUM: __________________BERUF:________________________
FESTNETZ TEL.NR: ____________________________________________
MOBILETELEFON NR: ___________________FAX: ___________________
EMAIL:___________________________ DATE____________________
SIGNATURE:_________________________

bitte füllen Sie das anschließende Formular vollständig aus und senden es
per email zurück !
Hochachtungsvoll
Javier Fernández
Koordinator.


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