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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: "Ms Olena Shcherbakova" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <os963812@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2022 02:59:00 -0700
Subject: REPLY

I am Ms Olena Shcherbakova a board member of National Bank of Ukraine.
This is  to appeal for your urgent assistance and support  because i  Have the sum of only $10M us loaded inside a consignment which was deposited with a security firm in POLAND.
This was done in anticipation of the war which later came to reality , i was able to flee the country  and i am now hiding in ROMANIA  and all I have left destroyed in UKRAINE.
I am sincerely appealing to you to help  receive the consignment loaded with $10m  into your country so that i can be able to depart here to meet you and start a new life because the Ukraine as a country is totally destroyed by Russia and it will take time to rebuild so its better i start a new life earlier now because i have lost everything i labored for through Russian bombs.
 
If you are ready to help me respond so  that we can process the delivery to your destination for investment and establishment.
 
Please respond 
 
Thank you
 
Ms Olena Shcherbakova

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