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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: MISS Bohuslava Iryna Aleksander <amira.habeebah2@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2022 08:03:36 +0100
Subject: Good day to you

Good day to you

I am Miss. Bohuslava Iryna Aleksander, I am an 18 yrs old girl whose
parents were
assassinated in this recent Russian Invasion in my home country ukraine,

I am temporally seeking protection in a refugee camp, I came across this
email ID and have
decided to ask you for this request, it is true that i don't know you
and you don't know me, but I believe if you have a kind heart you can
be off help to me.

I write to say that i want your assistance to come over to your home
country to start a new life, I am not safe and free here in the
camp.

I inherited a legacy of $950,000.00(Nine Hundred and fifty Thousand United
States
Dollars) from my late parents before the pass away, I am asking for your
trust-ship to secure this money for me in a trust account, and to also
help me come over to your home country for a new life , please feel very
free to write me back immediately you receive this mail.


many lost their lives and became homeless during this Russian invasion in
my home country Ukraine and below link is the videos/pictures of the
damages the caused to peoples life. Please
click on the link below for you to see what I am telling you.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGanbYPJgLg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v wx3CiJw1E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXTK8hWfmik

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/russia-ukraine-war-video-of-a-ukrainian-woman-confronting-russian-troops-goes-viral/videoshow/89862859.cms

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/photos-inside-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/2/

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2022/03/06/1084766289/ukraine-russia-war-pictures-refugees

https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/world-60718723

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2022/03/photos-day-eight-russian-invasion-ukraine/624170/

Regards,
Bohuslava Iryna Aleksander

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