419 scam: Daniel Hendricks <bretandi@t-online.de> Esteemed Compliments.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mailoffice2@mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Daniel Hendricks <bretandi@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "mailoffice2@mail.com" <mailoffice2@mail.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 02:09:46 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Esteemed Compliments.

Esteemed Compliments,

I anticipate that you read this mail quickly and let me know your opinion
or willingness on this classified information that I will release to you.
Firstly, I am a happily married man with 3 kids and therefore I would not
want to jeopardize this opportunity to change my financial status that will
give my family a secured future.

I am Mr. Daniel Hendricks , the Branch Manager of an Investment Bank in
Istanbul I am 46 years of age. It may interest you to hear that I am a man
of PEACE and don't want problem, but I don't know how you will feel about
this, but I am telling you that this is real and you are not going to
regret after doing this transaction with me .

I only hope we can assist each other. But if you don't want this business
offer kindly forget it.
I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as
the Branch Manager of Bank here in Istanbul it is my duty to send in a
financial report to my head office in the capital city Istanbul at the end
of each year. On the course of the last two years 2018 end of the year
report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the Manager made Eight
Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars
[$8,750.000.00] which my head office are not aware of and will never be
aware of, Nor must they know that I am involved in this transaction.

I have since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any
beneficiary.

Please contact me via this E-mail for more details. mailoffice2@mail.com

Best Regards,

Mr.Daniel Hendricks

Branch Manager,

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