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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: "Stepan Kubiv" <gldecasa@hawaiiantel.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: stepankubiv5@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 15:52:21 +0500
Subject: I'm thoroughly searching for someone whom I can confide on

Hi,

I'm Stepan Kubiv the former acting chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine.

I'm thoroughly searching for someone whom I can confide on, with trust and
being honest to assist me move the sum of 16.3 Million euro to a private
account secreatly.

Being a share holder of the bank until date, my company controls 9.3% of
the bank total net worth. Seemly because of the fighting between the
pro-Russian insurgent and the Ukraine military over Crimea, our annual
income had fall below average making a total lost of 2.6 million euro on
daily bases, because of Customers migrating out of the country.

I'm giving out 30% upon your interest to help me execute the deal.

More information will be provided upon your feedback.

Best Regards,

Stepan Kubiv

Reply Via This Email address... stepankubiv5@gmail.com







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