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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Oleksandr Kolesnychenko" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <oleksandrkolesnychenko@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 18:52:26 -0700
Subject: I am Oleksandr Kolesnychenko

Attention:

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.

Mr Kliuyev was the closest to the president in the administration.Mr Yanukovych has been declared wanted
and he is presently taking refuge in an undisclosed location in Russia as he is a very close ally of president
Putin.

More than 100 billion USD was reported to have been stolen by him during the years he ruled Ukraine but it
falls short of the actual amount because I know how much my boss Mr Kliuyev carted away to Russia in
cash with trucks and through bank transfers with companies owned by ‘friends’ and associates.

I personally participated in this exodus of monies to the west and Russia on behalf of my boss for the
president.During the last days of the administration when it became clear that the Ukrainian people were
bent on seeing him out of power, they became very desperate in the looting. That was the time they started
using non-politically exposed persons like us that were not on the watch list of the government and the West.

I and two other colleagues of mine helped in moving out of the country almost 2 billion USD but before we
could hand over the documents my associates disappeared after some men raided their homes in the middle
of the night and my house was also raided too but fortunately for me, I was not home at the time of the raid.

I have been in hiding since then.Please note this part. Mr Kliuyev secretly ordered me to divert the total sum
of 35mil USD for him but I knew that he could easily get rid of me after securing the funds for him.

This prompted me to divert the funds and I used my name as the depositor of the 35mil USDollars. I can not
return the money because I have lost relatives and friends in the uprising against his government and in the
war.

I am contacting you because I want you to deal with the institution where I deposited the money and claim
the money on my behalf. I will assist you through the process of successfully receiving the money on my
behalf and you shall also be required to assist me in investment in your country.

I hope to trust you as a God fearing person who will sincerely assist me. We shall discuss what percentage
of the total money you will take for your assistance to me. When I receive your positive response I will
furnish you with the details of the financial institution where I deposited the money in my name so that
you can liaise with them for you to take possession of the funds for the sole purpose of investing the
money in your country.I demand a very high level of confidentiality and trust from you.


As soon as the amount mentioned above is successfully transferred into your account, I intend to use
my own share in acquiring some real estates properties abroad for which you shall become my overseas
manager. You will be handsomely rewarded as my overseas investment manager.

For now, let all our communication be by email as I do not trust any phone conversation for as long as I
am still in hiding.Your quick response will be appreciated.

Please send your response to mroleksandrkolesnychenko@outlook.com


Yours faithfully,
Oleksandr Kolesnychenko.

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