419 scam: "Katerina Ivanov"<katerinaivanov@jo.de> Await your urgent reply-

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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.
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)
- "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
- "ikaterina01@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Katerina Ivanov" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ikaterina01@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 23:22:32 +0100
Subject: Await your urgent reply-

Hello Friend,

I know this letter come to you as a surprise, my name is Katerina Ivanov, A medical officer at Park Dortmund in Germany.

I'm writing to request for your attention concerning a woman who was involved in the Christmas market attacks in Berlin, which 12 people was killed and 48 people was also injured on 20th December 2016 by Islamist extremist terror attacks as you can read on the news website https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36882445

The woman's name is Elvira Shurtabaev and she was among the injured people in the terror attack. This woman is a citizen of (Russia), but resident in Germany and now she seek for a sincere person who can receive all her deposit funds with Deutsche bank total sum worth € 1,500,000 to be use for charitable project purposes because she doesn't have any children and the late husband's family relatives does not qualify for such charitable projects because of their different religion of worship and this woman's current health situation in the hospital at moment is very critical.

Therefore, if you are interested to receive the said funds and use it for a charitable project as mentioned above, you are advise to send your contact details to my e-mail address : ikaterina01@outlook.com for more information on how you can receive the money to your bank account.

Thank you.
Doctor Katerina

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