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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: "DR & MRS A. A BOHUSLAV FOUNDATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <anastasiyabohuslav@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 May 2022 03:19:58 +0200
Subject: Foundation Funding Project Directors

Hello Dear,
 
 
We are Dr. & Mrs Aleksandr A. Bohuslav, Foundation Funding Project Directors. We want to make further inquiry from you if you have the financial capacity to handle a foundation funding project worth USD $1.5 Billion Dollars meant for Russian/Ukrainian war affected persons.
 
We contacted you regarding these said funds which were formerly lodged in a suspense security firm in Turkey and to which I have decided to use for the purpose of helping war zone citizens.
 
We would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you came across as a result of this mail. We contacted you independently for this investigation and no one should be informed of this communication until this goal is achieved.
 
We will give you more details as soon as we receive your affirmative interest to proceed.
 
Awaits your Response.
Healthy regards,
Dr. & Mrs Aleksandr A. Bohuslav.
Foundation Funding Project Directors.

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