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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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Private message <stefankrause176@gmail.com>
Reply-To: 2089857069@qq.com
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 04:27:18 -0700
Subject: From Christian Sewing of Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank AG
1 Great Winchester Street
EC2N 2DB LONDON
GREAT BRITAIN
Please log on:
https://www.db.com/company/en/management-board.htm
My name is Christian Sewing I am a member of Deutsche Bank Management
Board, I am responsible for Deutsche Bank’s Private, Wealth &
Commercial Clients business & Non-Core Operations Unit in Deutshe Bank
AG London.
I want you to assist me in a good business which i want to do next
week in United State i am assuring you that both of us will benefit
from it. I have a share holder in my bank from United State who want
to sell his Non-core to me (Assets that are no longer required for the
operation of a business) in order to free up capital and protect
shareholder value by reducing risks from non-core assets and business.
I contact you because i can not make this business open or face to
face due to my rank in the office being a (MANAGEMENT BOARD) we are
monitored in order to secure the bank funds. I want you to asist me to
create a new empty account where i am going to wire the sum of
($3.000.000.00 USD) to you so I can make the payment through you as my
assistant. Note: i am not going to wire the fund once due to
international transfer limit the fund will be wired bit by bit from
$6.000 to $120.000 USD depend on the limit of the fund your account
can receive until the complete three million dollars will be paid to
my non-core seller as I am going to send you his account details so
you will be paying on my behalf.
Then After the successfully of this business you will have a reward
from me.Let me know if we need an agreement for this. and if we also
need to exchange ID for proper identifications/
Let me know how much i will pay you for your assistance to me? if i
will pay you after the successfully of my business or paying you from
any amount that i send you then you will deduct $100 USD as your share
then send the remaining money to my non-core seller.
Send me your private phone number.
Your Faithfully,
Christian Sewing
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