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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: "Mr. Andrey A. Vladimir" <heikki.hakkarainen@huhta.fi>
Reply-To: advladimir@aol.com
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2022 14:09:14 -0700
Subject: Dear friend



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Dear friend,

My names are Andrey A. Vladimir. I’m from Crimea’, State of Russia.
I’m interested in investing in any good profitable yielding business and
I would appreciate any viable ideas you could come up with. I’m
proposing
to invest the sum of Twenty Five Million United States Dollars
($25,000,000
USD).

I don’t know if you can be of help to me and trusted for this.In recent
times, Russian and Ukrainian government been having issues which
escalated
to fight. I had to take every necessary precaution in order to sell off
my
shares in the UK as a result of the ongoing sanction from the UK
Government
against Russian investors.

During my last visit to UK, I made enquirers on certain companies that
usually help in the aspect of safekeeping investment funds and a
specific
company located in England known as BLUSKILLS LTD was the best option
for
me in terms of security and immunity aspect. I had to make a deposit to
the
company and I was given a mandate of 6 months.

I had a call from the company days back in order to remind me of the
fund
deposit I made with their company as it is already 6 months in which I
and
the company agreed upon for safe keeping. Considering the issues and
contention,I can’t travel to the UK in order to secure the fund I
deposited with the company. I’ve been exempted from traveling until the
fight is resolved. Due to my present state, I need your help in terms of
securing the fund for me.

I spoke with the company seeking if it is possible for me to appoint
someone to come secure the fund. Their response to me was positive and
instructed that I should send a copy of the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT, more
details to whomever I appoint that will be responsible for the fund
pickup.
I’ll be expecting a response from you as soon as possible. Your
cooperation in this regard will be highly appreciated.

In doing this,I am willing to offer you 40% of any investment done with
the
fund.All I need is your reliability in doing this and every further
detail
and contact of the company will be provided based on your determination
in
handling this. I’ll be expecting a response from you as soon as. Your
cooperation in this regard will be highly appreciated.

Regards,

Mr. Andrey A. Vladimir.

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