419 scam: "Jianglin Mei"<secret@bti.kirov.ru

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Jianglin Mei"<secret@bti.kirov.ru >
Reply-To: cymirunnn@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 29 May 2021 00:52:16 -0700
Subject: 2021 Road To Success

Hello,
I'm using this given time to inform you of a contractor who died of corona=
virus. He had an outstanding payment of a contract sum to the tune of 10 Mi=
llion USD which is with the bank that wasn't paid to him before he died wit=
hout the notice of the bank. Now Im the only bank insider that knows about =
the funds. This is a deal , and i'm seeking for someone reliable and trustw=
orthy who can be presented to the bank as the beneficiary of the funds.I as=
sure you that is risk free as there is no any form of implication or irregu=
larities involved, based on the fact that i have been able to file the acc=
ount dormant and have submitted all the processing documents to the bank h=
eadquarters , all that will be required of you to do is just to provide the=
below informations.
YOUR FULL NAME:
COUNTRY:
HOME ADDRESS:
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER:
PROFESSION:
GENDER:
AGE:
Above are the required information from you so i can be able to open file =
in your name with our bank to enable release of the 10 million USD to you ,=
then i will go ahead to release The Bank contact details and the Account R=
eference code number which will be given to you by me to present to the ban=
k for the funds release.
The sharing ration will be 50/50 .
I wait to hear from you, =

Best wishes,
Jianglin Mei

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