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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: "Aykut Arslan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dantas.f@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2021 20:10:03 +0200
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello  Dear,
 
 
 
I am Aykut Arslan , the Vice Chairman , Audit Committee of Ziraat Bank, Turkey. This is about an important business that will be of an immense benefit for both of us.
 
In my department during our last Audit , I discovered an abandoned sum of 27.6M US Dollars in an account that belongs to one of our late foreign customers Mr Jiang Cuiyun, a Chinese businessman/oil merchant and who was one of the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370/MAS370) which crashed in the south of the Indian Ocean on March 8, 2014 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport killing all on board including his wife Mrs Jiang Xueren and only child Ms. Jiang Ying.
 
Mr Jiang Cuiyun , Mrs. Jiang Xueren and Ms. Jiang Ying are number 51/52/53 on the list; see the link below manifest of the flight:
 
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1063617-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-passenger-list.html
 
Since their death, our bank has been waiting for the relatives / heir to come for the declaration of their money valued at the sum of 27.6M US Dollars. But nobody has done so, I personally have failed in the search for his relatives, I seek your consent to present you to the bank as the successor of the dead so that the proceeds of this account valued at 27.6M US Dollars will be paid to you.
 
The deal will be divided in this ratio: 50% for me and 50% for you. I have in my possession the necessary and important documents that can be used in this business. I need your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us to see this business completed successfully.
 
I guarantee you 100% success in this business; you can be rest assured that this affair is executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both here and in your country.
 
If you are handling this deal, kindly provide me with your particulars, so that I could upload them here in our bank's database as the rightful recipient to this fund:
 
1: Name: 2: Phone Number: 3: Address: 4: Age and Gender: 5: Your job: 6: Private / Alternative Email address: 8: Nationality:
 
Having gone through a methodical search, I decided to contact you, hoping that you will find this proposition interesting, please on your confirmation of this message and indicating your interest I will provide you with more details.
 
Please let me know your decision rather than keep me waiting. Note: Do not forget that this business requires absolute secrecy and has to be done as quickly as possible.
 
Best regards,
 
Aykut Arslan

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