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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:
- 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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Mr. Alexei Navalny" <sesdep2@kemenpora.go.id>
Reply-To: wetttttwwttrttr@yandex.com
Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2022 14:05:29 +0000
Subject: Re: Information
My name is Alexei Navalny from Russia whom Vladimir Putin President of Russia the detects is jailing me because I'm against his evil war plans against Ukraine, killing of Russia people and the world in general.
You can read more with below links:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-16057045
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/15/alexei-navalny-faces-10-more-years-prison-focus-ukraine-crisis-russia
I will be happy to serve the 15 years in jail imposed by Putin but I need to assist Ukraine's displaced people around the world with the money I secretly deposited in one of the Turkish private banks, now such money will be returned to Russian because d western world has blocked Russia .
If you agreed to assist me 25% of the total sum will be for your assistance and the 75% will be used to assist the Ukraine displaced by Putin war. If you agreed and are also willing to keep this transaction confidential, I will send you all the details to approach the bank.
I contacted you because I need somebody out of Russia to do this job.
Please reply me here: reeninvestor111@kakao.com
Regards,
Alexei Navalny
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