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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- mariaserhiykoval@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: maria koval <susancoulibaly69@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mariaserhiykoval@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 07:58:00 -0700
Subject: Greetings,

Greetings,

I know this mail will come to you as a surprise since we haven't known
or come across each other before considering the fact that I sourced
your email contact through the Internet in search of trusted person
who can assist me.

I am Ms Maria Koval 24 years old female from Kamianets-Podilskyi a
city in the Smotrych River in western Ukraine ,am the Daughter of Late
Lieutenant Colonel Serhiy Koval. My late father was a well known
Ukrainian military leader . He was killed on 30th April 2022 by the
Russia soldiers in Donbas city as a result of the ongoing
Russia-Ukraine war in Ukraine.

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am
receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late
father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of
my beloved Father. Meanwhile I wanted to travel to Abroad, but she
hide away my international passport and other valuable documents.
Luckily she did not discover where I kept my father's File which
contained important documents. Now I am presently staying in the
Mission in Burkina Faso.

I am seeking for long term relationship and investment assistance. My
father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$ 27.5 Million in one
bank in Burkina Faso with my name as the next of kin. I had contacted
the Bank to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager told me that
being a refugee, my status according to the local law does not
authorize me to carry out the operation. However, he advised me to
provide a trustee who will stand on my behalf. I had wanted to inform
my stepmother about this deposit but I am afraid that she will not
offer me anything after the release of the money.

Therefore, I decide to seek for your help in transferring the money
into your bank account while I will relocate to your country and
settle down with you. If you are willing to handle this project on my
behalf, kindly reply urgent to enable me provide you more details to
start the transfer process.
I shall appreciate your urgent response through my email address below:
(mariaserhiykoval@gmail.com).

Yours sincerely
Ms Maria Serhiy Koval.

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