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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: "Stefan Krause" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stefan.krau@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 13:38:04 +0100
Subject: ATTN: Valued Customer

ATTN: Valued Customer,
Deutsche Bank Group, United Kingdom is an investment bank located in London United Kingdom. We offer all kinds of loan and can finance project in developed and

developing nations. We offer this services to foster and enhance the growth of your business daily activities. At the main stream of our services we can provide, soft loan,

micro-credit finance loan, mortgage loan, construction loan,agricultural loan. We also offer short and long term loan/secured and unsecured.We provide all kinds of banking

instruments - BG, SBLC, MTN, MT799, etc.

2. We also offer venture capital fund investments in disruptive technologies and innovations for the oilfield. We are focused on identifying, investing in and commercializing

the next generation of technologies for the oilfield. We leverage our investments in a broad portfolio of producing fields to test and prove out new technologies quickly and

efficiently. Further, we capitalize on our established relationships with operating executives to help serve on boards, executive teams, or to help with strategic relationships.

Once a technology is ready for commercial deployment, we provide a robust platform for rapid growth through long-term partnerships with national oil companies, majors,

and independent producers around the world. Unlike many of the strategic venture funds in the industry, we are not tied to a specific E&P company which gives our portfolio

companies much more flexibility to grow their businesses.

The Fund is actively seeking new investment opportunities and we are interested in networking with experienced entrepreneurs building companies that are developing game

changing technologies. We also look at opportunities to fund and joint develop technologies that are being developed in house and consider opportunities to acquire

technologies that are being spun out. Occasionally we seed exceptional teams from larger traditional service companies that want to develop their own independent service

business where the capital requirements are low and the path to revenue is clear and near-term.
We are also interested in expanding our relationships with operating executives that are interested in advising our portfolio companies. If you are able to refer us to any

investment opportunities, or if an advisory/consulting role this sounds like an opportunity that you are interested in exploring further I would like to hear from you.
For further inquiries contact me immediately.

Thanking You
For Deutsche Bank Group

Stefan Krause
Chief Finance Officer
Deutsche Bank Group
Head Office United Kingdom
1 Great Winchester Street
EC2N 2DB LONDON
GREAT BRITAIN

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