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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. Muhammad O. Akay" <opi@pacific.net.sg>
Reply-To: <muhammedomerakay@citromail.hu>
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:40:29 -0700
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION] GOOD DAY...


[Caution: This email originated outside Sheldon ISD. DO NOT click links, pr=
ovide credentials or open attachments unless you validate the sender and kn=
ow the content is safe.]

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. DO NOT cli=
ck links, provide credentials or open attachments unless you validate the s=
ender and know the content is safe.

QNB FINANS TRUST BANK TURKIYE
Address: Sultaniye Mah, Do=C4=9Fan Arasl=C4=B1 Blv.
No: 124 B, 34510 Arnavutk=C3=B6y/=C4=B0stanbul.
Phone: 90 558 685 93 36
Email: finanstrust@dr.com<mailto:finanstrust@dr.com>

Greetings,

In accordance with the United Nations mandatory policy on international mon=
etary transactions in conjunction with the World financial policy, This not=
ification is in respect of your=E3=80=80compensation payment which email wa=
s forwarded to us by data recovery insurance agency turkey, We re yet to co=
nfirm that you do exist which we were told that you do not exist by the rep=
ort submitted earlier but insurance agency made it cleared to us that you d=
o exist for the claim.

Going by the security report before us you have gone through hard times pay=
ing a lot of charges for the release of your Fund without success. We advis=
e you to seize further communications with any individual, or its Agents re=
garding your fund, because they have nothing to offer you, rather they will=
continue to con from you. And any further dealing with these miscreants wi=
ll be at your own risk.

Following the issuance of the Foreign Exchange Approval on the recommendati=
on of the United Nations Protocol's Blue Book "Permanent Missions No. 295",=
issued in October 2018 with ST/SG/SER.A/295/Add.5. I am pleased to inform =
you that qnb finans trust bank one of the leading bank in turkey has been g=
iving the sole right for release of your payment qnb finans trust bank oper=
ates out of Istanbul with around 340,300 employees. It manages a network of=
2,227 branches in Turkey and operates in 164 countries, as well as 46,521 =
ATMs.

Take note all expenses in taxes, logistics and other documents that matters=
have been mapped out by united nations therefore i want you to bear it in =
mind that your total funds will be twelve million five hundred thousand uni=
ted states dollars ($12 ,500 000.00) therefore do forward the following det=
ails of yours as stated below to process your payment.

Names:
Address:
Phone:
Airport:
Country:
Gender:
Age:
Occupation:

We look forward to a swift response from you, thank you.

Mr. Muhammad O. Akey
General manager
QNB Finans Trust Bank

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