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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: Mr Vlad Liubich <vladliubich@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2022 12:48:59 +0000
Subject: Hello Dear Friend,

Good day my respected friend,

The internet has been grossly abused by scam artists and miscreants
whose intention is to hurt people. As much as one should be careful,
at the same time we should not allow negative to kill the positive
potential in a realistic proposal such as this, please read my
proposal carefully and it is 100% Risk-free.

I am Vlad Liubich – A production Director - PJSC AZOVSTAL IRON & STEEL
WORKS, Ukraine, due to the conflict between my country Ukraine and
Russian, the Russian troops surrounded my workplace, inching closer
each day, and my workplace come under heavy bombardment has been
devastating. The sprawling dockside steelworks and its maze of
underground passageways has become the last pocket of Ukrainian
resistance in the southern port city of Mariupol, and we were under
high tension and our lives are not secured for now.

Before the Russian troops surrounded my workplace and the heavy
bombardment, I sent out my digital safe box containing my life
savings, €18,600,000,000 Euro (Eighteen Million Six hundred thousand
Euro) through a courier express delivery company flying from Ukraine
to CAMBODIA, and they were kept under the custody of their security
and financial company under insurance policy for security purpose.

I am seeking your urgent assistance to help secure the funds from the
security and finance company in Cambodia to your country for the
safety of the funds, they are my last hope, you will take 40% and keep
60% safe for me and my family.

Azovstal covers an area of almost 11 square kilometers and has a
labyrinth of underground tunnels stretching 24 kilometers and that was
where we are hiding at the moment as I wait for paperwork to evacuate
with my family, no phone communication here due to the result of the
heavy bombardment; I can only communicate you through internet. If you
are interested in assisting with transparency, kindly reach me back
urgently for further steps to follow.

Mr. Vlad Liubich.

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