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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: "Marcus Schenck" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marcus.schenck@onet.pl>
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 15:24:22 -0700
Subject: Can you please get back to me urgently

From The Desk of Mr. Marcus Schenck
Deutsche Bank (GB)

I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail Instead of a Certified/Post-mail.
This is due to the urgency and importance of the information.
I am an account officer to a deceased client /Auditor General with Deutsche bank (London). I am writing following an opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us. A deceased client whom I was his account sum of 17.5 (Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds Only) in his account with my bank. He was our foreign customers who unfortunately lost his life in an auto crash on his way to the airport. And ever since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or relatives to come forward to claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as Next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guideline.

Unfortunately, I discovered that his supposed next of kin, being his Only daughter and wife died along with him in the auto crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this funds behind for claim. As his account officer the bank have given me a deadline to produce the next of kin to claim the funds or the funds will go to government treasury account. Which I do not want, because the top officials in our bank will definitely end up sharing it among themselves. It is therefore upon this discovery that I his account manager decided to do business with you, by presenting you to our bank as his living next of kin to inherit the deposit and release the money to you as his next o kin or beneficiary of the funds for safe keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it, and I don't want the money to go to Government treasury account as unclaimed funds. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remain unclaimed after seven years will be transfe
rred into banking treasury accoun

I suggest that 40% of this money would be for you as foreign partner, while the balance will be for me and some colleagues that I have to tip. I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated above once the money gets into your account. Please be honest with me. To
commence this transaction, we require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return e-mail and enclose the Following information:

1. Your Full name.
2: Your private telephone and Fax numbers.
3. Occupations and Nationality.
4. Date of Birth.
5. Present Location.

Note: this transaction is confidential and risk free. Please note that all the necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to you will be finalized as soon as you indicate your role in this
transaction. We will discuss more in details when I receive your response, please contact me through my private E-mail address (marcus.schenck@onet.pl)

Best regards
Mr. Marcus Schenck,


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