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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 CLIFF CLAVEN <cliffclaven000@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2022 06:36:59 -0700
Subject: Vladimir Putin's Invention,


Hello

First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue
of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know
that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, I am assuring that this is real and genuine. My name is Mr. Cliff
Claven. I am the director of F&N Investment Portfolio Management. I came to
know you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle
this Confidential Transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of
money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.

MY PROPOSITION: I am the financial adviser to Sergey Viktorovich Chemezov
is the CEO of Rostec Corporation, a Russian Oligarch. https://en.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_ Chemezov. Unfortunately,he is one of Russian
president Putin's strong allies sanctioned by the United States government
over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He has an abandoned sum of
$35,320,000.00 (Thirty Five MillionThree Hundred and Twenty Thousand United
States Dollars) in a US Bank account which he intends to move out because
of the sanctions placed on Putin and his allies by the United States
government and NATO.

As a matter of fact,the fund was deposited in an escrow account with
Investor Bank U.S.A. This fund cannot be released from this escrow account
unless someone applies for claim as a business partner indicated in deposit
terms and banking guidelines.

Unfortunately, my client is on the sanction list of the United States of
America and he cannot front for this fund. The fund can also not be
remitted to him. Remember that Russia has been sanctioned aggressively and
Russian banks were sanctioned from the SWIFT messaging system and can´t
operate or access International Transactions within the US and Europe. Even
VISA and Master Cards did also suspend Russia from using their cards /
services. I now seek your consent to have you stand as beneficiary /
partner to the fund so that the fund to the sum of $35,320,000.00 (Thirty
Five Million Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) can
be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary,otherwise in less
than no time,the account/fund will also be sanctioned. All documents to
enable you to receive this fund will be carefully worked out. Please
acknowledge receipt of my letter in acceptance of our mutual business
endeavor. This calls for an urgent action.

On the final conclusion of this project, 30% of this will be rewarded for
your participation in this deal. Please do not take undue advantage of the
trust I bestow in you. I have worked out all modality to complete the
transaction successfully, be rest assured that the transaction is 100%
legal and risk free. Once again, if my proposal is acceptable to you,
Kindly reply via my email for further details.

Best Regards,
Yours faithful,
Cliff Claven.
Director
F&N Investment Portfolio Management

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