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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: Dewan Arjan Eyenar <dewanarjaneye58@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dewanarjaneye58@protonmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2020 09:08:10 +0800
Subject: Confidential Business Proposal

Dear Friend,

I am Dewan A. Eyenar. For a start let me introduce myself. I am a
Australian citizen working as (General Manager Internal Audit) Bank. I
would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail
confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a
result of this mail. I contacted you independently of our investigation and
no one is informed of this communication. I would like to intimate you with
certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you. I know you would
be wondering why I am writing you with a request such as this but I only
urge you to read on.

I decided to contact you through email due to the urgency, anyway I need
your co-operation in receiving US$2.5 Million that has been in a dormant
account with my bank since 2002 under inheritance claim. 40% of the total
sums will be accrued to you upon the confirmation of the funds in your
nominated account. Although it may seem small, you have to understand and
accept it, as my entitlement here is also 60%. I need your cooperation here
because the account holder an American Real Estates broker and businessman,
I find out this during the course of our internal audit, I have tried to
reach any of the next trustees, but to no avail and since I am not in
position to make the claim, I can establish you before the bank as the heir
to the bequest.

It is very important that the claim is made, as the bank will turn the
funds over to the treasury anytime from now if it remains unclaimed. I will
provide you with detailed information on the modalities of this operation
once I have your interest but I must say that trust flourishes business.

Therefore let your conscience towards this proposal is nurtured with
sincerity.This is of utmost importance and I shall provide you with
further details of this operation.

Kindest Regards.

Dewan Arjan Eyenar

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