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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:
- 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.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Burhan ERSOY <yanhui.kong@obs-banyuls.fr>
Reply-To: burhan.ersoy@outlook.com.tr
Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2022 18:50:18 +0800
Subject: INVESTMENT PARTNERHSIP.
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Dear Friend,
I hope this proposal meets you in a good state of health.
I need your help to transfer and invest (for known reasons) some amount
of money accumulated as undeclared profit made by this Kuveyt Turk
Participation Bank under my management.
For more on my Biography you can google my name as I have nothing to
fear.
You can read about my Biography here:
https://www.kuveytturkozel.com.tr/private-banking/board-of-directors/member-board-of-directors/burhan-ersoy.32.3.aspx
Member of the Board of Directors | Kuveyt Turk Private Banking
He was born in 1958 in Samsun and completed his primary, secondary and
high school education in Amasya and his university education in Samsun.
He started his business life in Merzifon Agricultural Equ...
www.kuveytturkozel.com.tr
All that is required to get the funds transferred out of here is to put
your name on the Non-investment account holding the funds. This
practically makes you a Non-Resident customer of my bank.
I will then guide you on how to apply for Closure of the Account and
credit transfer of the funds to your designated bank account. You will
get 40% of the funds for your participation.
Please let me know your interest on this subject matter
Mr. Burhan ERSOY
Board Member
Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank
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