419 scam: "Benzi " <selin.kartal@acischools.k12.tr> RE: BUSINESS PROPOSAL!!!

joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet

Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days

Home

About Us

Spam

419/Nigeria

Fraud

Contact

"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.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Benzi " <selin.kartal@acischools.k12.tr>
Reply-To: <benziadiri@acraccademia.it>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 02:27:42 +0100
Subject: RE: BUSINESS PROPOSAL!!!

Good day,

Bearing in mind the nature of the content of this email coming from a perso=
n without referral, I apologize for any inconvenience. I have a proposal of=
mutual benefit for which you might be interested. Please reply for more =
details:

Regards,

YAZICIYA G=C3=96NDERMEDEN =C3=96NCE DO=C4=9EAYA OLAN ETK=C4=B0S=C4=B0N=C4=
=B0 TEKRAR D=C3=9C=C5=9E=C3=9CN=C3=9CN | PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BE=
FORE PRINTING.
A=C3=A7=C4=B1 Okullar=C4=B1 Dostum Do=C4=9Fa Kul=C3=BCb=C3=BC

________________________________

The information in this e-mail (including any attachment) is confidential a=
nd intended to be for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you have receive=
d the e-mail by mistake, any disclosure, copy, distribution or use of the c=
ontents of the e-mail is prohibited, and you must delete the e-mail from yo=
ur system. As e-mail can be changed electronically ACISCHOOL assumes no res=
ponsibility for any alteration to this e-mail or its attachments.
ACISCHOOL has taken every reasonable precaution to ensure that any attachme=
nt to this e-mail has been swept for virus. However, ACISCHOOL does not acc=
ept any liability for damage sustained as a result of such attachment being=
virus infected and strongly recommend that you carry out your own virus ch=
eck before opening any attachment.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam