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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Zatulin" <sales@deepfenceair.com>
Reply-To: zfktrust@bk.ru
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 01:47:38 -0800
Subject: my subject

Greetings,


My name is Konstantin Zatulin. I am 63 years old from Russia. To know more about me, please visit this Wikipedia website. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Zatulin

I want to invest in South Korea. I need someone that would act as a Fund Manager to my investment. I need a reliable and trustworthy person to receive my funds in his bank account then look for a viable investment project in Korea to invest the money in.

I have $35 Million dollars ($35,000,000) in my bank account in Cayman Island. Since the war between my country, Russia and Ukraine, the Eurpoean Union and UK have frozen Russians' assets. For this reason, I want to move my funds in Cayman Islands before it is discovered.

I lived ib South Korea many years, for that reason I choose to invest in the country. South Korea is very peaceful and has good economic stability. Even, I plan to relocate to South Korea when I retire from politics.

I will take care of the transfer expenses. All I need is someone to receive the funds in his bank account and help me invest in Korea when I visit your country. If you assist me, I will reward you with sum of $1.5 million while you will hold the remaining $33.5 Million in your bank account until I am able to visit South Korea. For now, it is not possible for Russians to travel out of the country because there is a travel ban on all Russians.

Email me or call me on my mobile/whatsapp no. +79855747767, so we can discuss on this further.

Thank you.

Konstantin Zatulin

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