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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: Official office <official3837@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:14:16 +0100
Subject: Greetings


Greetings Dear Friend,

Please my name is Xristina Polina, humble hardworking mining engineering
officer here in Kyiv Ukraine. Already plagued by insecurity, COVID,
corruption and now the government battle with Russia is hitting the country
badly. Currently Ukraine military plane with 14 aboard crashes near Kyiv is
a deadly sign of danger. as the world leaders condemn unjustified invasion
by Russia attacks Ukraine. I don't feel safe under this serious tension
with my family on the run for our lives. My traveling process into your
beautiful country is in progress, before the heavy explosions began in
different parts of the city, at the airport, houses and left many injured.
You can watch TV or read online for a better clear understanding of the
situation right now in Ukraine.

I know you might be surprised that I contacted you personally. I am a woman
of peace, faith and have enormous respect for human opinion, considering
the manner in which I have made contact with you in good faith. I am
married with two lovely children but my husband passed away many years ago,
under this serious trauma and deadly activities by Russia attacks. I hope
and believe I can definitely trust you on this, as I continue to do
everything possible in my little power to find a way out of this country
alive. Please I have got some few things I need to do and take care of. So
I need someone like you from a peaceful and reliable country, that can
prove a genuine love of hope, strength and understanding with pure heart to
handle this for me. Can you please?

Yes, the thing is I was contacted by the security company where I have my
briefcase deposited for a while, which contains some of my vital valuable
documents, treasures and a little sum of €989,800 ( Nine hundred and eighty
nine thousand, eight hundred Euro ) that belongs to me. Now the security
company notified me suddenly that they will be shutting down in a couple of
days, due to high tension and a horrible situation here in the country
under the intensity of Russia's dangerous activities. This news has been
giving me a serious hard time and so much worries without any positive
direction. Since I am too busy protecting my life and my family to escape
this danger zone. I won't have much time to take care of these
responsibilities with the level of insecurity around me right now. Please I
contacted privately as a reliable and trustworthy person, that I can talk
to personally and give this project to take care of for me. Then in return
I will compensate you with 30% for helping me. So tell me, can I entrust
you with handling this for me?

All I need you to do for me is take care of the briefcase successfully from
the security company means a lot to me. Most importantly I want you to
please be confidential about this for our benefits. The briefcase will be
delivered to your doorstep via Rubxpress once your information is
confirmed, so I'll need you to quickly get back to me as the chosen angel
with Your Full Name:.... Residential Address:..... Occupation:... Cell
Phone:.... So I can get it forwarded to the company as my beneficiary, so
as to know what is next for immediate processing in your name.

Please If you can help me in good faith. forward in your response
information to:( xristinapolina09@gmail.com) I will appreciate it very
much. Thank you in advance and quickly reply back as soon as you receive
this message for more details. I wait to hear from you positively and it
will give me a big relief.

Sincerely,
Xristina Polina

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