419 scam: "Mrs.Anna Vostokova" <spencerlarkin73@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:

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:
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- mrsanna.vostokova1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Anna Vostokova" <spencerlarkin73@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsanna.vostokova1@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 13:32:42 +0100
Subject: Greetings ,

Greetings ,

I hope you are in good health? I am Mrs. Anna Vostokova, from Ukraine.
Please permit me to explain and do not feel disturbed for contacting you
which is based on the critical condition I find myself in due to the
Russian civil unrest in Ukraine and as well as the daily life threatening
attacks by Russian Forces who are going door to door for-manhunt against
people who were working against them. I have already lost my family, my
husband, son and daughter to the cold hands of death during an attack
targeted at our home to end our family, but luckily for me, I was not
around during the crossfire, hence I was at the hospital when they attacked
our home killing my beloved husband, son and daughter.

My late husband was a contractor in the Ukraine oil feed and before his
untimely death he transferred a reasonable amount of money to a BANK in
United Kingdom London (UK) and the money was intended for investment
purposes. As you may or may not know, living in Ukraine is currently very
risky and for this reason I am contacting you with great confidence in the
hope of entrusting you with the care and custody of the fund for investment
purposes in your country. Please, I would like to know how convenient it
might be for you to assist me claim the fund as a good business partner to
my late husband. The fund in question is Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand
dollars (9,500,000.00)

I tried several times to leave Ukraine but I cannot continue to risk my
life to avoid an end to my family lineage and since my husband, son and
daughter are dead, I have no alternative but to place my trust and hope in
someone who is interested in helping. If you are not interested please do
not even bother to reply to this mail for This is a very serious issue. But
if you are interested reply me via my E-mail:(mrsanna.vostokova1@gmail.com)

I look forward to your reasonable response and in return I will provide you
with more details.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Anna Vostokova.

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