419 scam: "Sales Manager" <infom@dubaioilandgas.xyz> 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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- thorstenhass2023@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sales Manager" <infom@dubaioilandgas.xyz>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:49:25 -0700
Subject: Business Proposal

Good day,
My name is Mr. Thorsten Haas, the Manager Accounting / Audit Department of Mellat Bank Branch, Cabot Square London, United Kingdom. You may be surprised to receive this letter from me as there has been no prior correspondence between us. I have contacted you regarding a business proposal that will be of great use to both us and the less privileged. As Manager Accounting / Audit Department Greater London Regional Office I discovered a sum of £ 8,500,000.00 (eight million five hundred thousand British pounds sterling) in an account of one of our late overseas clients Mr. Hans Splitter, he was a German businessman who worked in the oil sector and died during Covid19 in 2019.
Now our bank has been waiting for one of the relatives to come to claim the inheritance fund, but unfortunately he has not taken a next of kin. If the inheritance is not claimed by the end of 2022, it will become state property under UK law. In this regard, I ask for your consent, as the next of kin / beneficiary of the deceased, so that the proceeds from this account, valued at £ 8.5 million, can be paid to you. There after we can invest this fund in your country into the Real Estate business (ie: Hotel, Lands and Tourism)

The fund will be shared in these percentages 45% for me and 45% for you, while 10% goes to charities. All I need now is your honest cooperation, confidentiality and trust so that we can see through this transaction. This transaction is 100% risk free.

Let me know if you can handle it. Email me with your feedback in my personal email: thorstenhass2023@gmail.com

Regards,

Mr. Thorsten Haas

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