419 scam: Margaret Fletcher <nassirudin412@gmail.com> NEED URGENT ATTENTION

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- margfletkeybn@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Margaret Fletcher <nassirudin412@gmail.com>
Reply-To: margfletkeybn@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 20:24:07 -0700
Subject: NEED URGENT ATTENTION

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Sir,

I have news for us. A contract I did in Turkey since 2020,I have been
trying hard for the contract payment to be released to me, just
yesterday I received an email that the payment has been approved and
the money is ready to be paid to me. The amount is â‚¬1,250,000. You
know because of my schedule, I cannot receive this money directly, so
I want you to receive the money for us.

This morning I already discussed with the bank account manager in
Turkey and I asked him if my partner can receive the money on my
behalf and he said yes, that I only need to send a letter of Authority
to the bank, nominating you to receive the money on my behalf and the
bank will act according to the instruction.

So I want to let you know about this, so you can give me the go ahead
to write the letter to the bank so you can follow up with the process.
As you know, I do trust you 100% to handle this. My plans is for us to
buy a home in any place of your choice with part of the money, then we
can invest the other part.

I await your quick response.

Yours Sincerely,

Margaret Fletcher
Email. margfletkeybn@gmail.com

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