419 scam: "DE"<derickbenet@yahoo.com> Will Both Benefit

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "DE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <derickkenn@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2016 18:09:50 +0200
Subject: Will Both Benefit

Dear Sir,

I am a banker by profession from Spain and currently working in the Auditing and Accounting unit of the bank. I have the opportunity of transferring the left over funds (€10 million) of one of my bank clients late Mr.Thomas Wagner who died on 14 july 2016 in a plane crash. The fund for transfer is of clean origin. You can confirm the genuiness of the deceased death by clicking on this web site

http://www.dw.com/en/german-internet-millionaire-dies-in-plane-crash/a-19401194

Hence, i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 60/30 while 10% will be mapped out for expenses after the fund has been transfer into your bank account. If you agree to my business proposal i require you to send me your personal information’s such as your full name, your telephone number, your occupation, your full home address, and your scanned photograph, immediately i receive those datas, i will forward the details of the transfer and the application of claim to you which you will fill and send to the bank for the claim .have a great day.

PLS repl to gmail id address

Your Faithfully
Derick Bennette

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