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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: Igor Khodorkovsky <koumadibenoit@gmail.com>
Reply-To: igor.khodorkovsky@bk.ru
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 06:44:13 -0700
Subject: Hello

Hallo

My Name is Igor Khodorkovsky, I am a Russian business man and also an
investor in

financing realistic and profitable projects. The International sanctions have

increasingly punished our business and investments all over the world after the

invasion of Ukraine, prompting Russian authorities to ban Russian brokers from

selling securities held by foreigners.

On the other hand I want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of

16.2 million USD. which i got from crude oil deal.

I deposited this money with a red cross agent informing him that we are making

contact for the real owner of the money.It is under my power to approve whoever

comes forth for this money.

I wish to use this money for charity purposes in Poland, where we have
about 1.5

million Ukrainias currently, the highest numbers of refugees displaced
as a result

of war..You need to visit such places.


I want to invest some of the money on agriculture because based on my
experience,

they lack a lot of food and meat to add to their meagre and unpalatable meals

which they get in little quantity just to keep them living until God knows when

the problem ends.


I am not in support of Putin's war against Ukraine. it's very bad for our

business that the reason I will not allow him to get the money and spend it on

purchasing arms, it is better channeling it to saving the world.


I cannot invest this money on my name because as a Russian our investments are

being targeted due to the current sanctions we are under going. So I
need someone

I could trust.If you accept,I will transfer the money to Europe where
you will be

the beneficiary because I am a Russian person and I cannot be parading such an

amount so I need to present someone as the beneficiary.


I am a Russian business man so I have a 100% authentic means of
transferring the

money through diplomatic courier service .I just need your acceptance
and all is

done.

Please if you are interested in this transaction I will give you the complete

details you need for us to carry out this transaction successfully. I believe I

can trust you.

If you are interested please send me your personal mobile number so I
can call you

for further enquiries. I am writing from a fresh email account so if
you are not

interested do not reply to this email and please delete this message,if no

response after 3days I will then search for someone else. I am doing this on

trust,you should understand and you should know that as an expert in business

and investment I will always play safe in case you are the bad
type,but I pray you

are not. 16.2 million USD is a lot of money which is the dream of anyone.

I wait for your contact details so we can go on.In less than 5days the money

should have been noted on your account and I will come over for my money.I will

give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me.I hope I am fair on this deal.

Best Regards,
Igor Khodorkovsky
Email address:igor.khodorkovsky@bk.ru)

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