419 scam: oleksandr <oleksani42@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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: oleksandr <oleksani42@gmail.com>
Reply-To: oleksandrig8@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2023 18:23:41 +0700
Subject: greetings

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My name is Oleksandr Ignatenko, I am a Member of the Management Board of
JSC Ukreximbank, I am responsible for corporate banking. I have an urgent
business proposal for you. The deal is about a huge sum that runs into
Millions of Euros. Our major client withdrew the fund and brought it
back to transfer to someone and it happened that few days before the
Russian invasion, that our bank networks went out and we could not
authorize the transfer. last week I discovered that our customer that
gave that transfer order died and at this point, I am the only person
that knew about the supposed transfer instruction. I am certain that he
wanted to move that money out of Ukraine for fear of invasion.

I need you to respond to this mail, for more details and note that I
shall write to you and call you via my official email and bank's
official and known number to assure you that you are dealing with
Oleksandr Ignatenko. Upon your reply, I shall inform you about the
the amount and other details as you do not need to file or apply for
anything as I will authorize the transfer with an indication that Oleg
authorized it.

Return back to me if you know that you can handle this or ignore it if
you can't. But best rest assured it's 100% risk-free. Note that the amount
involved is Seventy Two Million.

Mr. Oleksandr Ignatenko

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