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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: Selim Hamza <selimhamza481@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 09:04:54 +0100
Subject: The Senior Manager of ING Bank Turkey,

Dear Friend,

I got your e-mail address through your country's Information Exchange
Online while browsing and after that, I decided to contact you to ask for
your assistance in this urgent matter that requires trust, confidentiality
because you might receive this message in your Inbox, Junk/Spam folder.

My name is Mr. Selim Hamza, the senior Manager of ING Bank Turkey,Acibadem
Branch of Istanbul Turkey ( IBT) European Banking Corporation Limited
Europe. I am a 57 years old man, married with three children. I have a very
urgent, confidential and profitable business for both of us Valued at
(Twenty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

This fund is an excess of what my branch in which I am the senior manager
made as profit last year. I have already submitted an approved End of the
Year 2022 report to our Head Office, and they will never know of this
Excess. I have since

Then placed this amount of (Twenty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) on a SUSPENSE SECURITY without a beneficiary. As a
Senior Manager of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money
thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money as
the beneficiary of the funds. If we could do this together, we shall share
these funds 50/50 between us accordingly and this transaction is 100%
risk-free, as no-risk is involved during or after this transaction.

All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund,
also to keep this deal confidential between us. If you're interested,
kindly write back on this email Address for more information, while I
shall explain more in detail as soon as I receive a response from you.

Thanks for your kind understanding.

Mr. Selim Hamza
The Senior Manager of ING Bank Turkey,
Acibadem Branch of Istanbul Turkey ( IBT)
Bulgurlu Mahallesi Acibadem Caddesi No: 156 34660 skdar / Istanbul

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