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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- 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.
- maitreavocat96@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- pour la réclamation des 80.000€ à l'adresse: maitreavocat96@yahoo.fr et y faire parvenir les informations ci-après tel: +229 (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: HEINEKEN <service.info@heineken.org>
Reply-To: <cabinetmaitregildasgomez@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 23:10:40 +0200
Subject: ! =?UTF-8?Q?F=C3=89LICITATION=20!!!!VOUS=20=C3=8ATES=20L=27HEUREU?=
=?UTF-8?Q?X=20GAGNANT=20DE=20LA=20la=20soci=C3=A9t=C3=A9=20Heineken=20=28?=
=?UTF-8?Q?He=20sas=29?=
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! FÉLICITATION !!!!VOUS ÊTES L'HEUREUX GAGNANT DE LA la société
Heineken (He sas)
Dans le cadre de l'expansion de son activité commerciale, la société
Heineken (He sas) Internationale a le plaisir de vous annoncer qu'elle
a organisé une Spéciale
Tombola Internet. Cette Tombola consisté à recenser les adresses
électroniques (E-mails) ou site web des internautes dans les pays où la
société Heineken (He sas)
écoule de façon rapide et aisée ses produits.
Un jury composé d'éminentes personnalités a tiré au sort 50 E-mails
dans exactement 7.973.148 Emails recensés. la société Heineken (He sas)
a en ce jour le plaisir
de vous annoncer que votre e-mail a été tiré au sort et figure donc sur
la liste des 50 e-mails sélectionnés. Vous devenez ainsi l'un des 50
gagnants de cette Tombola
Internet organisée. Vous avez gagné la une somme de 80.000€ Vous
constituez cependant l'un des principaux vecteurs de publicité de la
société Heineken (He sas)
dans votre pays. Nous vous prions de contacter de toute urgence notre
huissier Maitre GILDAS GOMEZ pour la réclamation des 80.000€ Ã
l'adresse:
maitreavocat96@yahoo.fr et y faire parvenir les informations ci-après
Tel: +229 682 213 83
Les informations suivantes sont à fournir :
1. Le nom et prénoms :
2. Sexe:
3. Téléphone :
4. Profession:
5. Votre adresse domiciliaire:
Votre code gagnant est : CB 007-0121-BAF/2706-08
Émail:cabinetmaitregildasgomez@gmail.com OU
maitreavocat96@yahoo.fr
MERCI ET FÉLICITATIONS!
LE PROJET Heineken (He sas)
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