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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: "Ivan Dimitri" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infoivandimitri09@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 02:38:52 -0800
Subject: URGENT RESPONDS NEEDED

Hello Dear,
God save our souls. I am writing you this email because you are humanitarian. Is not longer news that Russia has been bombarding my country Ukraine with all kinds of missiles including hyper-sonic warfare .We have no escape route because of Putin's inhuman treatment of the people of Ukraine. Money becomes meaningless to us as a result I will entrust you with $5.5 million usd for humanitarian purposes should in-case i did not survive pls use the fund to help the people of Ukraine that Putin of Russia spared their lives .

At the moment the fund is deposited in Turkey.

Regards.

Ivan Dimitri

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