419 scam: "George Hagenbuch"<beate@mail.seines.no> Attn:Beneficiary,

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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:

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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- georgehagenbuch20@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "George Hagenbuch" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <george_hagenbuch@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2017 02:23:20 -0700
Subject: Attn:Beneficiary,

Attn:Beneficiary,

Kindly note that, Mrs. Carol Aldridge, of 66 Pinehurst Road Liverpool Merseyside citizen of United Kingdom UK who contacted you to distribute her funds to charity organizations Is dead, and her bank Halifax bank plc UK just contacted me as the representative attorney to late Mrs. Carol Aldridge, to inform me of the deposited fund.

I have contacted Halifax bank upon which they informed me that they waited for you to show up for the claim of her funds valued at the sum of US$10,000,000.00 dollars but there was no turn-up from you. Halifax bank also stated that my late client's business associates have applied for the release of the funds to them as they informed me that you abandoned the funds in the UK while my client was sick.

As her attorney i have informed Halifax bank plc that they do not have any right to claim the funds, because they only want to divert the funds which my client made you the beneficiary to assist in distrusting the funds to charity. You can reach me on my alternative email: georgehagenbuch20@gmail.com

Get in touch with me ASAP for more details

Barr. George Hagenbuch.

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