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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: Robert Marc <kurganskaya@swlife.ru>
Reply-To: <account.dept@bacobrin.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 22:07:46 -0700
Subject: Hello

Hello,

I am Mr. Robert Marc, a portfolio management consultant based in
Brussels, Belgium. I got your contact information from your
country's public records while searching for the relative to my
late client, a business magnate by name Engr. Delbert, who lived
and worked in the Oil & Gas sector as a petroleum chemical
engineer here in Belgium for over three (3) decades prior to his
death. He died of a STEMI (ST-segment elevation myocardial
infarction) a year after the demise of his wife and two children
in an impacted Collision. Do not be amazed by this letter. I am
contacting you based on the trust and confidentiality that will
be attached to this transaction. I decided to contact you after a
series of unsuccessful attempts to locate any of his extended
family members.

Prior to further explanation, please accept my apology for this
unsolicited mail. I am conscious of the fact that this is
certainly not a predictable way of approaching and fostering a
relationship of trust. But because of the circumstances and
urgency surrounding this issue, I got to this point. Before the
misfortune; He had an insured fixed monetary deposit valued at
?8,900,000.00 (Eight Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Euros Only)
with a financial institution for 8 years according to the
European Banking Authority (EBA) Articles 16(1) and 26(2) of
Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 (EBA Regulation). The holding
financial institution has mandated me to present a member of his
family (heir/inheritor) to make claims as the financial
institution code stipulates that “insured fixed monetary deposit
" not claimed must be turned over to the Euro Clearing House
(ECH) after Ten (10) years as unclaimed asset and made
unserviceable in accordance with existing laws.

Therefore, I ask for your consent to be in partnership with me
for the claim of this insured fixed monetary deposited benefit.
The proceeds will be processed in your name and on your behalf. I
know you may not be anyway related to my deceased client, but for
the fact that I got you while I made an intensive search in the
deceased internal affairs. I can guarantee that if you give me
your consent and follow my instructions, the deposited benefit
will be released to you. Mind you that this transaction is
riskfree; there is no iota of risk connected to this project, as
I have worked out all modalities to complete the transaction
effectively. Once the fund is released to you, the total money
will be split on a 50/50 (percent) basis as our benefit.

All legal documents to back up the claim as my late client's
beneficiary will be secured and forwarded to you as we proceed.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us to see this
transaction through. This will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the
law. Please be kind to get back to me by email if you are willing
to collaborate so that we can start with the process of claim as
soon as possible. Please understand that we do not need to make
undue publicity as this can hamper the process taking into
cognizance that we are not quite sure if you're really related.
Discretion must be maintained.


Kind regards,
Robert Marc,
(Investment Advisor Representative (IAR).
С наилучшими пожеланиями,

Курганская Юлия
Менеджер отдела закупок ООО "Свит Лайф Фудсервис"

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