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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: "Mrs Heinz" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <amelieheinz112@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 20:54:41 +0200
Subject: Hello, respond urgently.

I am Amelie Heinz , the wife to Gunter Heinz, a regional finance directorof a logistics firm in Europe, who died untimely in an Egypt Air crash of 2016.
I am from Germany, I lost my husband few months ago and I have been living with the pain till date,We are hospitable people and decided to serve mankind to the best of our ability.
Since the death of my husband Geert I have lived with the memories, fighting effortlessly to live a normal life but all to no avail.
I suffered psychologically and shortly was diagnosed of Cancer.
I write to U, having sourced Ur address from a database.The purpose of this email is to propose an investment plan to U using the funds with a security company in USA.
Regardless of where you are, in or outside the states, I will be willing to support your business on the basis that thirty percent of your turnover from my capital given to you would be used for charity donation This is absolutely risk free and requires no payment to acquire.
I am doing this because I have few months to live as a human I therefore need a reliable fellow to champion my course by receiving this funds, investing it in private business and donating thirty percent of profit generated to the less privilege or if you are not into any business, you can receive the funds as my next of kin and assist me in distributing it to the less privilege but you must be honest , do not bother responding if you are not honest or sincere.
If you are interested for further details.
Sincerely
Kinds Regards
Mrs Amelie Heinz

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