419 scam: "Konstantin Zatulin" <sales@visionac.site> INVEST IN KOREA

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- zatulinkonstantin147@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Konstantin Zatulin" <sales@visionac.site>
Reply-To: zatulinkonstantin147@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 01:53:48 -0700
Subject: INVEST IN KOREA

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 in 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 :zatulinkonstantin147@gmail.com or call me on my mobile/whatsapp no. +79855747767, so we can discuss on this further.

Thank you.

Konstantin Zatulin

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