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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: "Mr. Ali Riza Alaboyun" <alirizaalaboyun@accountant.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2018 23:17:20 +0200
Subject: ENERGY AND MINERALAL RESOURCES INVESTMENT


From: Mr. Ali Riza Alaboyun Address: =

30 Askilar Bul Bul Mah Taksim Istanbul =

Whatsapp line: +90 536 683 63 37 =

Direct e-mail: alirizaalaboyun@accountant.com =

DETAILS AND BUDGET OF THE PROPOSAL AND IT'S SOURCE: I write you this mail=
from my office desk in anticipation that you will understand and deem it s=
trictly confidential for you personally. In this regard, I consider it nece=
ssary to introduce myself to you officially, I am Ali Riza Alaboyun, the Ch=
ief Accountant Officer in Department of Energy and Mineral Resources in my =
country, Republic of Turkey, and I was born on March 8, 1957. Please do not=
despair as I just make my contact with you during my search for a reliable=
and honest person to transact this business with and I humbly ask that you=
take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit to both of us=
gradually=2026
SOURCES OF THIS FUND: I therefore write to solicit your sincere co-opera=
tion in order to redeem an investment interest currently being held under T=
RUST with the Department of Energy and Mineral Resources in CITI BANK of Tu=
rkey (CBT). The said investment which is now valued at Seven Million Five H=
undred and Three Thousand United States Dollars Only ($7,503,000.00) was or=
iginally purchased by Mr. Gerhard Manfred and leased in 1984 to REGINALD AN=
D CO-MINING INVESTMENTS CORPORATION. At maturity of the contract in May 199=
9, several attempts were made without success, to contact Mr. Gerhard Manfr=
ed, from our closed investigation it was noticed that Mr. Gerhard Manfred h=
ad died upon the success of the contract in 1999 Istanbul bombings on March=
13th killing 16 people and 73 injured. A third bomb was found in a Burger =
King outlet but successfully defused. Also every effort made to get in cont=
act with any of his relatives in whose favor the cash value for the redeeme=
d investment could be made from (CBT) bank, proved abortive.
ACCOUNTABILITY: As the Head of accounts in our Department, I have, with m=
y Director General (DG) carefully initiated the process of filing a claim f=
or the money with the hope of having the Fund Transferred abroad for invest=
ment on our behalf since the original benefactor has died, hopeful you will=
agree with our intention to arrange payment of the claim in your NAME as t=
he next of KIN to Mr. Gerhard Manfred. We require that you let us prepare a=
nd file the claim for the fund from this Department indicating your name as=
the appointed beneficiary of the FUND. Upon approval of the payment of thi=
s claim, you will be credited installment Seven Million Five Hundred and Th=
ree Thousand United States Dollars Only ($7,503,000.00). Furthermore, since=
the money will be paid directly into a bank account to be nominated by you=
, you will have the responsibility to ensure that we receive our share of t=
he money which I and my colleague have decided.
DISBURSEMENT/SHARING OF THE MONEY: We will have 70% while you will keep 3=
0% as your personal commission. I have to assure you however, that we are t=
o make the payment of the Fund possible provided you are ready to meet with=
us and give us a very strong impression. GUARANTEE: That our share of the =
fund will be secured in your Hands and that you would not betray our trust =
in making the transfer of the Fund into your Bank account.
PRIVACY NATURE OF THE BUSINESS. This is a very safe and risk-free involve=
ment as it is not prone to any inquiry since we are all active partners and=
will not want to lose our positions in Government and in our Department, s=
o it=2019s 100% risk free. Meanwhile I demand that you keep this transactio=
n very Private and Confidential in view of our personal involvements. Full =
details of the processes for the claim will be provided as soon as we recei=
ve your response AND acceptance to be part of this agreement. I expect the =
immediate indication of your interest (By Phone or E-mail) kindly adopt and=
treat accordingly.
Best regards,
Ali Riza Alaboyun =

Reply directly to: alirizaalaboyun@accountant.com

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