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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: "Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <heineken1@yeah.net>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 00:37:43 +0100
Subject: De Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken

Je m'appelle Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken, femme d'affaires anglo-néerlandaise et
le propriétaire du deuxième plus grand brasseur du monde.

Dans le cadre de ma tradition, je distribue 1 000 000,00 de livres sterling. à 10 différents
personnes chaque fin d'année.

Vous avez de la chance d'être l'un des bénéficiaires de 1 000 000,00 G.B.P. en 2019.

Je vous félicite parce que vous avez heureusement été enrôlé parmi les 10
personnes inscrites à recevoir ce montant.

Répondez immédiatement avec vos coordonnées comme indiqué ci-dessous:

Vos noms complets:
Votre adresse:
Votre numéro de téléphone:

Répondre à: heineken1@yeah.net

Encore une fois félicitations
Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken

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