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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.Beate Heister" <>
Reply-To: mrs.beateheister@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 04:04:50 -0800
Subject: 2,8 miljoen donatie

Goededag
Ik ben mevrouw Beate Heister, een Duitse zakenmagnaat, investeerder en filantroop. 25 procent van mijn persoonlijke rijkdom besteed aan liefdadigheid. En ik heb ook beloofd de rest van 25% dit jaar 2023 weg te geven aan particulieren. Ik heb besloten om 2.800.000,00 euro aan jullie te doneren. Als u geïnteresseerd bent in mijn donatie, neem dan contact met mij op voor meer informatie.

Via onderstaande link kun je ook meer over mij lezen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beate_Heister

Groeten
Mevrouw Beate Heister
E-mail: mrs.beateheister@gmail.com

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