419 scam: "Mr. Russell" <russellbenntt@t-online.de> HELLO MY DEAR

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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: "Mr. Russell" <russellbenntt@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "russellbenntt@outlook.fr" <russellbenntt@outlook.fr>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 22:25:18 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: HELLO MY DEAR

My Dearest,

Greeting to you, I am Mr. Russell Bennett, a personal account manager to a
late customer here in our bank, who died with his family without no trace
of any family member and no one coming to claim his fund (Â£7.2M) deposited
in our bank.

I have been mandated by the bank management to present his relative, I have
been searching through notary register of his country here all to no avail.
You have the same last name with my late client so I wish to present you to
the bank as his only relative and next of kin. We will share the $7.2M
50/50 which is 50% to you and 50% to me as soon as the bank transferred the
money to you.

kindly contact me for more details, terms and condition shall be clarified
upon your response.

I wait for your prompt response.

My regards,
Mr. Russell.

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