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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: Auditor general of Reserve Global Trust Insurance
Company<mehmet.mrburak@yandex.com>
Reply-To: mrburak.mehmet@yandex.com
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 01:51:29 -0700
Subject: From The Desk of Mr.Burak mehmet


Dear Sir
=

My name is Mr.Burak mehmet the Auditor general of Reserve Global Trust Insu=
rance Company, There is an account opened in this company which i believe t=
hat the owner who is from Syria is dead and since the death of the account=
owner by Name ( Mr. Eshed Abudulkarim ), no surviving beneficiary has come=
forth to claim this fund.
=

After going through some old files in the bank for the first quarters of th=
e year, I discovered that if this fund is not Remitted out of this country =
as soon as possible, it will be forfeited for noting or better described as=
=2019=2019 retired account=2019=2019 by Board of Directors of the bank who =
actually will use this fund in enriching a few already rich bank owners. On=
further investigation, I discovered that even the company (PERENCO OIL COM=
PANY ) where the late account owner who was a foreigner worked as a Oil pro=
spector have no knowledge of the existence of this account or about the fun=
d involved USD 52M ( Fifty Two Million United Dollars) Only.
As the money is in US Dollars account and can only be approved to a foreig=
ner with some required information as the next of kin, =

I got in touch with you in order to establish a relationship and possible t=
ransfer of this money into your nominated bank account outside Turkey.Also,=
everything concerning the payment and transfer of this fund would be done =
legally with all the necessary documentation for the process and submitted =
to the bank to enable the payment into your nominated bank account.
It is very essential that I have your full co-operation/undivided commitme=
nt to make this noble transaction to be successful as the management of the=
bank is prepared to approve the remittance of this fund to any foreigner w=
ho comes forth as the beneficiary. In order to assist me realize this golde=
n opportunity, 20% of the total sum will be earmarked as your share, while =
5% shall be set aside for any incidental expenses which may occur in the ev=
entual payment and transfer of this fund. =

Due to my sensitive position within in the bank, let us keep this transac=
tion top confidential for the security of the subject and Mr. Raja be rest =
assured that this transaction is 100% risk free on both sides.
I will like to transfer US$20M as the first batch of the payment which at =
the end of the first transfer and if both parties are happy we will proceed=
with the second transfer which is US$32M.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Mr.Burak mehmet =

mrburak.mehmet@yandex.com
Auditor general of Reserve Global Trust Insurance Company, =

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y this e-mail.
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ose of the sender and may not necessarily represent the views and opinions =
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