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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: "Mr. Christian Sewing" <info@vinolio.gr>
Reply-To: csewing11@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 07:54:15 -0500
Subject: URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED



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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 assist 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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