419 scam: William Marks <aacch4@t-online.de> My Name is William Marks

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: William Marks <aacch4@t-online.de>
Reply-To: William Marks <forme_00@yahoo.co.th>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2015 01:59:02 +0900 (JST)
Subject: My Name is William Marks

Hello,

My name is William Marks from Ivory coast,I am the only Son of Mr Richard Pius Marks, I want you to help me and my younger sister invest our inheritance money in your country. I lost my mother at the age of 10, My father was poisoned to death during the 2011 war here in Cote D'Ivoire.

Before the death of my late father he deposited the sum of euro 14.5 million in the Bank and he made me the beneficiary ( next of kin).

But due to the political problem here and the reason behind my parents death, I will not wish to invest here, So I want you to assist me to transfer this fund to your country for investment purpose since the law of our country demand that I look for foreign partner because of my age at present.

As for your kind assistance, I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum after the successful end of the transaction.

Contact me back if you are interested in assisting me, I will give you more details on how to bring fruitful of this transfer and also the contacts of the bank where the money is deposited.

Warmest Regards,
William Marks

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