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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: Victor Mykhailovych Pinchuk <pjohnpeter1999@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bf_globalguardian@bk.ru
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2022 01:47:03 +0100
Subject: Hello greetings my friend, Please I need urgent help from you.


Hello greetings my friend.

My name is Victor Mykhailovych Pinchuk (born December 14, 1960 (age 61
years, Kyiv, Ukraine) – Ukrainian businessman and philanthropist. My
interests include commercial real estate, retail, communications. I got
your email address through a desperate search through the internet. I have
pressing issues at hand that I want you to handle for me since I am in the
camp with my wife as a refugee in another man's country. I am in sorrow, as
I speak with you I have lost my 3 children Kateryna Pinchuk, Roman Pinchuk,
Mariia Pinchuk in the war between Russia and Ukraine which I am left with
just my wife Elena Arshava.


please kindly read the details below;


( "MORE DETAILS BELOW" )


I am here to seek your urgent attention to stand on my behalf to receive
the sum of € 28,108,584.91 Euros in Beobank, Brussels, Belgium.


I want this amount to be transferred into your account, and as soon as you
receive it, please take € 10 million Euro to yourself as a compensation
from me in helping me to claim my money in the Beobank Brussels, Belgium. I
need this urgent help due to the ongoing war in my country Ukraine which
has left me with nothing to write home about. If this money is not being
claimed then I might lose it forever, this money has been the Beobank for
over 16 solid years.


I have managed to leave Ukraine, my country with my wife after the death of
my 3 children, I am in a nearby country, but currently I have lost
everything I worked for over many years, including all my estate,
companies, businesses and my home as well. So the only money left is the
above mentioned amount so I can start a new life. You're free to use my
name to search on google who exactly I am, and you will see me in the
google because I am a popular man in Ukraine.


I will be so grateful if you succeed in claiming the funds for me without
complaint, disappointment and greed.


Please kindly fill in your information and send it to me. And once I
receive the required information from you, I shall issue you an application
you will fill and send to the Beobank alongside with the deposit
certificate.



Your Name:.........

Your Country:.........

Your Age and Sex:.........

Your Occupation:.........

Your Working Id Card or Drivers Licence....

Your Passport Photograph:..........

Residential Address:...........

Your Direct call Number No:........



Yours Faithfully,

Victor Mykhailovych Pinchuk

Business Email: bf.globalguardian@seznam.cz
Private Email: bf_globalguardian@bk.ru

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