419 scam: Mr Patrick Hovakimian <seraphimcherubim739@gmail.com> Greetings,

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Patrick Hovakimian <seraphimcherubim739@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hovakimianmrpatrick86@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 22:30:48 -0700
Subject: Greetings,

United State Of American Soldier
Working As United Nations Peacekeeping Troop.

Greetings,

My Name is Mr Patrick Hovakimian, United States of America soldier
working as United Nations Peacekeeping Troop This is to Inform you that we
have received a package containing $10.7M from Mr.Ben s. Bernanke the
Chairman Federal Reserve Board New York and we have been instructed to
Deliver the Package to you without any further delay again as the
International Monetary Fund IMF have instructed.

Note that we can not take the Risk of Delivering your package to you
without insuring it because we can not afford to pay for any lost or Damage
in the process of Delivering your Package to you, try and understand the
situation at hand. However The Tracking Number of your package will be
issued to you as soon as we hear from you.

Please kindly Reconfirm the following Details Below to avoid any Wrong
Delivery over this Transaction,

Your full name:
Delivery address:
Your direct tel, cell:
A copy of your id or id numbers for identification:
Nearest airport:

Be advised that this is the only delay we have now and you must do what you
can to comply with us so that we can get this done Today or Tomorrow
Morning, Your package will be sent to you upon confirmation receipt of your
reply.

Reply back to us accordingly; we wait for your expedite response.

Truly Yours
Mr Patrick Hovakimian
United State Of American Soldier
Working As United Nations Peacekeeping Troop

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