419 scam: "Marius Finstad"<copier@ipitek.com> Re:Marius Finstad

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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:
- "keep this confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "@diplomats.com" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist 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.
- mariusfinstad@diplomats.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Marius Finstad" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mariusfinstad@diplomats.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2017 00:48:49 -0700
Subject: Re:Marius Finstad

Good Day,

I am Marius Finstad I represent Mr. Alexei Navalny the Russian Opposition Leader,lawyer, political and financial activist and politician. I have a very sensitive and confidential brief from this top ( Politician/Opposition Leader ) to ask for your partnership in re-profiling funds over $68 Million USD.

I will give the details, but in summary, the funds are coming via a legitimate source as investment funds.
This is a genuine deal. Not only that, the stake he had in apatite stones that a state own fertilizer company, the dividend had increase by at lease 70%.
This gives a better liquidity scale for any interested investor that will want proxy swapping.

These two transactions will be beneficiary to you at the end of the day and you will be paid 25% for your "management fees". If you are interested, please write back by providing me with your full name, occupation, direct telephone/fax number. I will provide further details and instructions. Please keep this confidential as we can't afford more political problems. Finally please note that this must be concluded within two weeks.

Kindly go through the link bellow to understand whom i represent.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/12/russian-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-detained-moscow-protest

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Navalny

Please contact me on my private E-mail: mariusfinstad@diplomats.com

Sincerely,
Marius Finstad.

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