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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: "Mr. Mhzita Frank" <mikecmichael628@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mhzitafrank@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 23:28:48 -0700
Subject: inquiry

Dear Partner,

Please permit me to formally introduce myself to you and make further
inquiry about a deal. I am Mr. Frank Mhzita, the Chief Logistics, Global
Finance Logistics & Management LTD, Istanbul Turkey. I would respectfully
request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect
the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail. I
contacted you independently of our investigation and no one is informed of
this communication.

I contacted you regarding an abandoned sum of USD $1.5 Billion Dollars. In
February 2013, a customer named Mr. Mohan Kumar Vivekanand from India came
to our Security Firm for business discussions and investment. As the
officer in charge of his transaction; I encouraged him to consider various
growths of funds with prime ratings. Then he invested One Billion, five
hundred million (USD $1.5 Billion Dollars) only because he is a Oil magnet
in India. Based on my advice, we were able to spin the initial deposit and
made it a fixed deposit type of transaction.

After a few months; Our security firm sent several notices to him, and a
notification was sent to him but still no response came from him. After a
series of investigations, I got information that Mr. Mohan Kumar Vivekanand
and his family were involved in a Motor accident in which all his family
members died, he sustained high degree injuries and was rushed to the
hospital and also died of 'cardiac arrest' after learning that his family
had all gone. Due to the sensitive nature of private security bond, most
customers don't nominate next of kin in their investment, also usually in
most cases leave their WILLS in our care, in this case, our now deceased
client died without a possible traceable representative or legal heir.

It is quite clear now that our dear client died with no known or
identifiable family member. According to practice, the Private Security
sector will by the end of this year broadcast a request for statement of
claim to Global Finance Logistics & Management LTD Istanbul Turkey, If
failure to receive viable claims they will probably retrieve the deposit
from the Management of Global Finance Logistics & Management LTD. This will
result in the money entering or being diverted into the Turkish accounting
system and the portfolio will be out of my hands and out of the private
security division. What bothers me most is that according to the Turkish
laws, at the expiration of ten { 10 } years the funds will revert to the
ownership of the Turkish Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.

Now, I am prepared to give the necessary details to you as the closest
surviving relation of our deceased customer (late Mr. Mohan Kumar
Vivekanand). I am also proposing that after a successful execution of the
business deal, the funds will be shared in the ratio of 60% to me and my
associates here as the initiator of the deal,30% to you as my foreign
partner, then 10% will be set aside for every expenses we might incur at
the cost of processing this deal. You know that I must have done my
homework already before contacting you. Although the project is capital
intensive, I know I will be able to pull it through following proper
security allied bond and legal channels with your assistance at your end.

I will tidy up the legal aspect with the assistance of a lawyer who will
prepare all the documents and M.O.U that will be needed in order to
transfer the money from the Turkey to your country. Once more, I ask that
if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail
and forget that I ever contacted you, I implore that you should be
amenable, cooperative and eschew every skepticism. I have been utterly in
this career for over 21 years now and I won't engage in any activity that
could hurt you and I am expecting the same from you as a sincere, honest
and trustworthy partner.

Opportunities like this only come once in a lifetime. I am a family man and
this is an opportunity for me to give my family one of the best in life. I
would like you to think about this and let me know your decision. If you
give me a positive response, I will give you the relevant information for
the successful transfer of these funds and we both must enjoy it in peace.

I await your Response.

Yours

Mr. Frank Mhzita,
Chief Logistics,
Global Finance Logistics
& Management LTD, Istanbul
Turkey.

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