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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: Reinhardt Freimuth <reinhardt.asociate@gmail.com>
Reply-To: reinhardt.associate@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 12:56:41 -0700
Subject: FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION




Good day and your Kind Attention:

Please accept my sincere apology if my email does not suit your business
or personal ethics. I will first introduce myself to you. My name is
Reinhardt Freimuth the Attorney to Late Mr. Andreas Schranner, A German
Businessman and a miner at Kruger Gold Company, a Geologist by
profession who died in a Air crash with his immediate family on the 31
July, 2000. Since the death of my client in July, 2000, I have written
several letters to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended
relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned
personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. Please view
this website for verification

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm

My Client Mr. Andreas Schranner has a deposit of Twenty Million United
state dollars (US$20 Million) in a Consignment with a Finance Security
Firm.

Since then, nobody has done anything as regards the claiming of this
money, as he has no family member that has any knowledge as to the
existence of either the deposited US$20 Million in a consignment; I have
confidently discussed this issue with some of the Finance Security Firm
officials and we have agreed to find a reliable partner to deal with.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the Next
of kin and beneficiary receiver of this late client’s deposit US$20
Million in a consignment, The consignment was registered as CONFIDENTIAL
DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS; but its only me and you that knows the content to
be money please don't let any one know about it to avoid losing the
funds. If you are interested to receive the consignment kindly let me
know at once.

I am ready to release 50% of the total money to you for your help; I
will be expecting your reply today please advice me of any good and
lucrative business in your country that I can invest my share into. This
transaction is totally free of risk and life time opportunity for us for
our mutual benefits. Kindly respond back to me to enable me give you the
next step to adopt to enable us bring this life changing deal to
reality.

My client Mr. Andreas Schranner, his wife Maria, their daughter Andrea
Eich, his son in law Christian, and their children Maximilian and
Katharina, all perished on the Monday, 31 July, 2000 plane crash in
western German city of Moenchengladbach.

I contacted you because after the death of my late client, I was
informed by the firm to search for any member of his extended family
(related especially consanguinally), to put up a claim, or who could be
so represented as managers or trustees for his deposited funds with them
which stands at over $20 million U.S.D. due to the fact that he died
with his immediate family members.

After preliminary efforts of search which came to no avail, We were
given an ultimatum at the beginning of the new year to look for some one
to come for the claim or have the funds liquidated and made
unserviceable in accordance with existing laws because it will be
assumed that no member of his family is alive. However, it might
interest you to know that, after a thorough investigation in the Bank, I
found out that some members of the company are currently planning to
divert this fund in their selfish interest and only want to use the
excuse that since I am not able to look for some one to make the claim,
the money should be made unserviceable and that means reverting the fund
to the Government while the company retains a percentage of it. After
unraveling their plans and professional consideration on my part, I
decided to look for some one credible and trusted person to apply for
this claim due to the fact that I have at my possession some legal
documents which are very important and which might be requested by them
and which can only be provided by my chambers since they have since been
with us.

I look forward to your earliest reply,



Await your prompt response.

Yours in Service,

Reinhardt Freimuth ESQ

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