419 scam: "Mr T. Turnali" <mrchongratratt@gmail.com> HELLO FRIEND>

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr T. Turnali" <mrchongratratt@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.turkertunal@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2023 11:35:43 +0700
Subject: HELLO FRIEND>

Yours sincerely,

Hello, My Name is Mr. Turker Tunali, a personal Accountant/Chief
Financial officer working with AKbank of Turkish. A late investor who
bears the same last name with you has left {Nineteen Million Three Hundred
and Forty Thousand United States Dollars} with Our Bank for over 14 years,
Ever since then no Next of kin or family relative have come forward all
these years to claim the money.

The Turkish government has informed the banks to trace and
locate the next
of kin or family of all Dormant/Inactive customers account before the
government will confiscate the funds, In which the bank has made several
efforts but nobody avail.

Kindly get back to me as soon as possible for more details about this
money on how to claim it from AKBank Turkish, if you are interested.

Kind Regards,
Mr. Turker Tunali
Personal Accountant/Chief Financial officer

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