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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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Fraud email example:

From: Maxim Artyom <alicejahab150@gmail.com>
Reply-To: maximartyom5@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:33:06 +0000
Subject: Maxim Artyom

Hi,
My name is Capt. Maxim Artyom. I'm a Russian Army, I am serving in
the military of the 1st Armored Division In Ukraine

We hijacked a suspected black Van between the border of Ukraine. We
discovered other currencies including US dollars of about $ 16 million
loaded inside the Black Van, which intelligence suggests are foreign
drug traffickers since there are no Ukrainian citizens among them.
The funds are raised through the drug trade. Our team performed a
covet operation using information from the captured group, fast roping
upon several drug laboratories which is controlled by Mexican citizens
and drug cartels

We want to move this money out of this place to you, before they are
confiscated by corrupt government officials. This place is a war zone.
This is not the kind of war we are trained to do. We can't continue to
kill innocent people for national interest. You will keep our share
pending my ability to abandon this useless war and change to another
country to start a new life with my family.

We will take 70%. You take 30%. No strings attached, just help us move
it out of Ukraine, Ukraine is a war zone. We plan to use a secured
logistics courier to ship the money out in a large box.

If you can help to receive the funds for us, I will send you the full
details. Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest including
your most confidential telephone/fax numbers for quick communication.
I will give you my phone number for further communication.

please send me just Hi to my private email address
maximartyom5@gmail.com Thanks for your time and waiting for your
response in my email

Respectfully,
Maxim Artyom

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