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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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Fraud email example:

From: "mehmet.bicakciglu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mehmet.bicakciglu@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 22:28:55 +0200
Subject: Can we work Togerther?

 
Hello
I'm Mr Mehmet Bicakciglu an Auditor with Boss Governance an audit firm situated here in Istanbul Turkey, over the past 2 years I have been opportune to work for one of the leading banks here in Istanbul Turkey and during this period I discovered a dormant account that belongs to a Syrian national.
 
I have tried with the help of one of the bankers to contact the account owner and from our investigations, we discovered he has been killed along his entire family during this ongoing crises in Syria.
 
As a matter of fact, I am contacting you to come in and act as his business partner following the information we shall make available to your reach to enable the bank transfer the funds to any account you may provide.
 
This transaction is risk free and it requires absolute confidentiality, so if you are sure you can handle it, then get back to me for more details through my private email address for security reasons :
 
Regards,
 
Mehmet Bicakciglu

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