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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: " Mr. Francisco Gonzalez Navarro" <infoas869@gmail.com>
Reply-To: giljons@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:03:54 -0700
Subject: Your Interest

First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret.
Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, I am assuring that this is real and genuine.
My name is Mr. Francisco Gonzalez Navarro. I am the director of F&N
Investment Portfolio Management. I came to know you in my private
search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this Confidential
Transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a
foreign account requiring maximum confidence.

MY PROPOSITION: I am the financial adviser to Sergey Viktorovich
Chemezov is the CEO of Rostec Corporation, a Russian Oligarch. He is
the CEO of Rostec Corporation
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Chemezov). Unfortunately he is
one of Russian president Putin's strong allies sanctioned by the
United States government over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He has
an abandoned sum of $35,320,000.00 (Thirty Five Million Three Hundred
and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in a US Bank account which
he intends to move out because of the sanctions placed on Putin and
his allies by the United States government and NATO.

As a matter of fact the fund was deposited in an escrow account with
Investor Bank U.S.A. This fund cannot be released from this escrow
account unless someone applies for claim as a business partner
indicated in deposit terms and banking guidelines.

Unfortunately, my client is on the sanction list of the United States
of America and he cannot front for this fund. The fund can also not be
remitted to him. Remember that Russia has been sanctioned aggressively
and Russian banks were sanctioned from the SWIFT messaging system and
can´t operate or access International Transactions within the US and
Europe. Even VISA and Master Cards did also suspend Russia from using
their cards / services. I now seek your consent to have you stand as
beneficiary / partner to the fund so that the fund to the sum of
$35,320,000.00 (Thirty Five Million Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand
United States Dollars) can be released and paid into your account as
the beneficiary otherwise in less than no time, he account/fund will
also be sanctioned. All documents to enable you to receive this fund
will be carefully worked out. Please acknowledge receipt of my letter
in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour This calls for an
urgent action.

On the final conclusion of this project, 30% of this will be rewarded
for your participation in this deal. Please do not take undue
advantage of the trust I bestow in you. I have worked out all modality
to complete the transaction successfully, be rest assured that the
transaction is 100% legal and risk free. Once again, if my proposal is
acceptable to you, Kindly reply via my email for further details.

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