419 scam: "Engineer Dily Yusuf." <dilyyusuf@yandex.com> Greetings and good day.

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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.
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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- mail2dilyyusuf@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Engineer Dily Yusuf." <dilyyusuf@yandex.com>
Reply-To: mail2dilyyusuf@rediffmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2022 13:31:23 -0800
Subject: Greetings and good day.

Greetings and good day,

Iâ€™m Engineer Dily Yusuf, former Special adviser to the collapsed
government of President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan by the Taliban
rebels and the seizure of power.

I have plan to relocate my investment planning to your beautiful country
now that our country Afghanistan has been taken over by the Taliban and
our economic and security has been lost to the greatest lower level due
to this, our happiness has been taking away from us, so I will like to
relocate myself and my family out to your country, I need a foreign
partner to enable me receive my investment capital which already in a
bank outside Afghanistan, and then relocate me and my family. My capital
for investment is Seventeen Million, Four Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars.

I will appreciate your idea and knowledge regarding this or any other
profitable investment you may suggest, on my next email I will explain
to you the full details of this investment Proposal. Please reply me if
you are willing to help me and my family through my private confidential
e-mail: mail2dilyyusuf@rediffmail.com

I await your quick responds hence i could details you more on the fund
in question.

Best regards,

Engineer Dily Yusuf.
UNHCR Sub-Delegation
1000 Sofia, Bulgaria.

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