419 scam: Viktor Schaier <vschaier@qq.com> Business Proposal,

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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:
- "there are practically no risks involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "viktorschaier@qq.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Viktor Schaier <vschaier@qq.com>
Reply-To: viktorschaier@qq.com
Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 20:23:33 -0300
Subject: Business Proposal,

Hello,

I have been in search of a reliable, Honest and a trust worthy person to
entrust this huge transfer project with. My name is Mr Viktor Schaier, I
am a branch manager in one of the Barclay's Bank in Ghana. I am writing
to solicit for your assistance in the transfer of funds valued at
$5,750,000.00 [four million seven hundred and fifty thousand United
States Dollars]. This is an excess funds from my branch that I the
Manager made as profit during the last annual audition. I have already
submitted an approved end of the year report for the year to my head
office and they will never know of this excess.

As an official of the bank I can not be directly connected to this fund,
so this informed me of contacting you for us to work for mutual
benefits. I want you to assist in receiving this fund into your bank
account for us. Meanwhile you will have 35% of the total fund. Note
there are practically no risks involved as it is going to be bank to
bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor
of this fund who made the deposit with our branch so that my Head office
can order the transfer to your designated bank account.

If you accept to work with me, I will appreciate it so much. As soon as
I receive your response, I will give you details on how we can achieve
it successfully. You can contact me through my personal E-mail address [
viktorschaier@qq.com ]

Best Regards,
Viktor Schaier.

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