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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:

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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Hello <razib.atan@prasarana.com.my>
Reply-To: <evichdudin86@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2022 14:48:06 +0000
Subject: Hello

I apologize for contacting you in this manner but the situation at hand demands urgent attention.

My name is Dudin Vladimir Vasilyevich, one of Ivan Pavlov’s colleagues(Ivan Pavlov is the lawyer handling Aleksei Navalny case) You can google it .

I have an important subject to share with you concerning jailed Kremlin critic- Mr. Aleksei Navalny whose jail term has been increased to 15years, leaving huge funds trapped in one of the accounts for NGOs which we could jointly invest and use the proceeds to assist the displaced persons from the Russian-Ukraine invasion.

Write back to me for more detail on how I will present you to the bank as one of the NGOs beneficiaries to pull some of the funds and stop Putin and his government from getting more funds to finance his invasion of Ukraine.

Greetings.

Dudin Vladimir Vasilyevich

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