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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: Christopher Hans <infofashion96@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lionelsegoux@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 13:12:11 +0100
Subject: Projekt-Investitionen von 10 auf 70 Millionen EURO



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Dear Sir / madam
I am a professional banker and I am in contact with private investors
who would like to invest in Germany or Switzerland. Currently I have
investors who want to invest from 10 to 70 Million euro and they are
very serious. If you have very interesting projects in which we can
invest the funds and obtain an annual yield of 3% or 9% per year , my
investors will be very happy to work with you and you will obtain a
commission of 20% of the funds that you will invest in your project.
Please contact us if you have any projects in which we can invest the
funds together and we discuss the terms of a common partnership. I
inform you that the partnership contract is available and as soon as you
will send an answer to us, we will send the partnership contract to you.
Thank you to answer us only by this address e-mail:
dubreuilgmbh@gmail.com
Best regards
Christian
Bank Officer

Lieber Sir/gnädige Frau
Ich bin ein professioneller Bankkaufmann und ich bin in Kontakt mit
privaten Investoren, die investieren möchten, in Deutschland oder in der
Schweiz. Derzeit habe ich Investoren, die investieren wollen, von 10 auf
70 Millionen euro, und Sie sind sehr ernst. Wenn Sie haben sehr
interessante Projekte, in die wir investieren können, die Mittel und
erhalten eine jährliche Rendite von 3% oder 9% pro Jahr , meine
Investoren werden sehr glücklich sein, mit Ihnen zu arbeiten und Sie
erhalten eine provision von 20% der Mittel, die Sie investieren in Ihr
Projekt.
Bitte Kontaktieren Sie uns, wenn Sie irgendwelche Projekte, in die wir
investieren können die Fonds zusammen, und wir diskutieren die
Bedingungen für eine gemeinsame Partnerschaft. Ich Ihnen mitteilen, dass
der Vertrag verfügbar ist und sobald Sie senden eine Antwort an uns, wir
schicken den Vertrag an Sie. Danke für Antworten, die uns nur von dieser
Adresse-e-mail: dubreuilgmbh@gmail.com
Beste Grüße
Christian
Bank Officer

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