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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: " INTERNATIONAL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <officefile203090@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:57:16 +0100
Subject: SAVE UKRAINE INDIGENOUS CHILDREN,WIDOWS,ORPHANS,LESS-PRIVILEGED PERSONS FROM RUSSIA INVASIONS.

DEAR FRIEND,

AS YOU HAVE HEARD AND KNOWN THAT RUSSIA FEDERATION IS ON FULL SCALE WAR IN UKRAINE AND ITS AGAINST INTERNATIONAL ORDER,HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATION AND COMMON VALUES;WE- RESCUE WORLD INTERNATIONAL(REWINT) TEAM,, a non-profit organization.. HAS VOLUNTEERED AND ARE APPEALING TO YOU TO KINDLY RISE TO SUPPORT THE RESCUE MISSION OF THESE UKRAINE RAVAGED,DISPLACED AND LESS-PRIVILEGED PEOPLE.

WE THE REWINT TEAM AND PARTNERS HAS CONTINUED WORKING REMOTELY,PRICELESS AND CAREFULLY TAKING CHARGE,SUPPORTING THE RESCUE OF ALL THE UKRAINE INDIGENOUS CHILDREN,ORPHANS,WIDOWS AND LESS-PRIVILEGED PERSONS SCATTERED ALL OVER THE WORLD BECAUSE OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION DEADLY INVASION IN THE COUNTRY OF UKRAINE.

PLEASE WE NEED YOUR DONATIONS AND SUPPORT, BOTH INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL TO ENABLE US TAKE APPROPRIATE CARE FOR HEALTH,SCHOOLING,FEEDING AND SHELTER etc,FOR THESE ORPHANS,WIDOWS,CHILDREN AND DISPLACED PERSONS.

PEACE DEPENDS NOT ONLY UKRAINE BUT ALSO ON EACH AN EVERY ONE OF US THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD;AND WE ARE ON GLOBAL CAMPAIGN LOBBYING FOR A NO- FLY ZONE OVER UKRAINE FROM RUSSIA TO AVOID MORE CASUALTIES,WE ARE ALSO ASKING FOR STRONG SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT,,SWIFT CUT-OFF ON RUSSIAN IMPORT AND EXPORT.

MEANWHILE,WE THE REWINT TEAM AND PARTNERS ARE CURRENTLY AT CAMP-POLAND AND WE ARE SOLICITING, ASKING FOR YOUR FREE-WILL DONATIONS AND SUPPORT TO SAVE THE PRECIOUS LIVES OF THESE UKRAINIAN ORPHANS,LESS- PRIVILEGED CHILDREN,WIDOWS.PLEASE THERE'S NO LIMITATION OF DONATION OR SUPPORT,,,$10,,$50,,$100,,$1000 or EUROS AND POUNDS DENOMINATIONS etc ARE ACCEPTABLE AND WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.

THE REWINT TEAM AND PARTNERS HAS CREATED BITCOIN (CRYPTO CURRENCY) ACCOUNT TO RECEIVE FUNDS TO SAVE THESE LIVES,AND ANYONE FROM ANY COUNTRY CAN EASILY DONATE AND SUPPORT..THE BITCOIN ACCOUNT IS A MULTI-CURRENCY ACCOUNT AND ITS OPEN FOR TRANSFERS OF ANY KIND OF CURRENCY FOR ANYBODY AND FROM ANY COUNTRY,INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL.WE CAN ALSO PROVIDE A PARTNER BANK ACCOUNT
(on a request) FOR SOMEONE THAT FIND IT DIFFICULT FOR BITCOIN ACCOUNT OPERATION. THE BITCOIN ACCOUNT IS--

BTC: 16hWN7FZxPehVAF4DtMrwsv1qEz3AfC7PA

BTC Wallet:17SqPqHxqTYSyLMUHVEef86ysupTey7S4o

WE WILL BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHATEVER DONATION YOU MAY VOLUNTEER TO GIVE OR SUPPORT TO SAVE THESE PRECIOUS LIVES OF UKRAINIANS IN SUCH DIFFICULT TIME.
PLEASE WE WELCOME ANY INQUIRY/QUESTION. REPLY ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: officefile203090@yahoo.com

THANKS,

STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY,

KIND REGARDS
RESCUE WORLD INTERNATIONAL( R E W I N T

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