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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: "Oleksandr Kolesnychenko" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <oleksandrkolesnychenko@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 23:23:36 -0700
Subject: I am Oleksandr Kolesnychenko


I am Oleksandr Kolesnychenko. I was one of Mr Andriy Kliuyev’s aid and the most confidential and
trusted of the staff. Mr Kliuyev who used to be the Head of the Presidential Administration during the
reign of president Viktor Yanukovych who was president of Ukraine from 25th February 2010 until last year.


I am in custody of a huge amount of money I would like to invest in real estate or your line of business in
your country.Contact me if you are capable and suitable for partnership and I will provide the funds for the
investment.

Your quick response will be appreciated. PLEASE REPLY TO THE BELOW ADDRESS:
oleksandrkolesnychenko@outlook.com

Yours faithfully,
Oleksandr Kolesnychenko

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