419 scam: Dewan Arjan Eyenar <dewanarjaneye58@gmail.com> Confidential Business Proposal

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Dewan Arjan Eyenar <dewanarjaneye58@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dewanarjaneye58@protonmail.com
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:24:44 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Confidential Business Proposal

Dear Friend,

It may surprise you receiving this letter from me, since there was no previous correspondence between us. I am Dewan A. Eyenar. For a start let me introduce myself. I am a Australian citizen working as (General Manager Internal Audit) Bank.

I am contacting you purely based on the fact that your name tallies with deceased client not that he is a relative of yours, who passed away in 2002 leaving behind a sum of money.

The holding bank has issued a notice to contact the next of kin of the deceased or the account will be declared serviceable and the fund diverted to the bank treasury. So far all my effort to get hold of someone related to him has proved abortive. Hence, I have contacted you, to help me distributing of the funding in your account.

I find out this during the course of our internal audit, I have tried to reach any of the next trustees, but to no avail and since I am not in position to make the claim, I can establish you before the bank as the heir to the bequest. So that proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Then we can share the fund on a mutually agreed-upon percentage of 60% to me and 40% to your kind self. All the legal documentations to back up your claims shall be provided upon request.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this opportunity. If this business proposition offends you, do accept my sincere apology. If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me, kindly get back to me.

Kindest Regards,

Dewan A. Eyenar.

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