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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: Adnan Menderes <patc@valliant.net>
Reply-To: <adnan.581@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:00:44 -0800
Subject: HELLO



--
Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Adnan Menderes Yayla, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice
President QNB Finansbank, Istanbul office Turkey., I am pleased to get
across to you for a very urgent and profitable business proposal which I
believe will profit the both of us after completion, I contacted you
after going through your profile that you might be capable of handling
this business transaction without betrayal, There is this client of mine
Mr. Roger Ian Wright a US businessman, founder of a Sao Paulo-based
investment company and Owner of ENGEN OIL AND GAS COMPANY LTD made a
fixed deposit with my bank in January 2009 for 36 calendar months,
valued at (US$ 67,500,000)Sixty Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars Only, The due date for this deposit contract was
the 2nd of April 2012,Mr. Roger Ian Wright, his wife and his two
children all died in a plane crash in Sao Paulo Brazil.

You can find below the links pertaining to this accident

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ news/worldnews/southamerica/
brazil/5378093/British-family- killed-in-Brazilian-air-crash. html

All attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless, My position here
at my office requires me to investigate and provide the Next of Kin or
Business Partner, I therefore made further investigations and discovered
that Mr. Roger Ian Wright did not declare any next of kin or relation in
all his official documents including his deposit documents in my bank,
According to Turkish Law the money will be reverted to the ownership of
the Turkish government after 12 years if nobody applies to claim the
fund, To prevent this from happening I have decided to seek your
assistance to have you stand as his Business Associate so that the said
fund (US$ 67.5 Million USD) would be released in your name as the next
of kin and paid into your account, All documents and proof that will
have you claim this funds without stress will be forwarded to you upon
your response to this mail.

Your immediate response will be appreciated.

Sincerely,

Adnan Menderes Yayla
Chief Financial Officer & Executive
Vice President QNB Finansbank Turkey

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