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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: "Mss. Elena Gorbunova" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <egorbunova22@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 02:56:31 -0700
Subject: Investment.

Hello
I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approaching you for this vital business, but I plead your attention to this urgent need. I am Mss. Elena Gorbunova, wife of late Mr. Boris Berezovsky the former Russian government official and businessman.

My late husband, who passed on March 2013, was a successful businessman who was granted asylum in United Kingdom till his death. The U.K government did many bad things to my husband finance.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11776214/Boris-Berezovskys-lovers-fight-on-for-his-missing-millions.html

Boris Berezovsky’s lovers fight on for his missing millions - Telegraph - The Telegraph - Telegraph Online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph
Boris Berezovsky’s lovers fight on for his missing millions Court-ordered payout to lawyers of dead oligarch Boris Berezovsky gives new hope to the many creditors queuing for remnants of his £1 ...
www.telegraph.co.uk


The U.K government policies became hard for my husband (Mr. Boris Berezovsky) and prompt him of danger ahead. On that we started private bank Equity to prevent total family bankruptcy because of U.K ill treatment to my late husband wealth.

I contact you because my husband was now label a debtor to U.K government Tax and individuals; even my late husband first wife has taking a swift step in working with U.K government trying everything to turn my late wealth.

I need confidential partnership for £27 million investment in your country immediately. This money will be move from my late husband private equity and I will send my representative to perform the deed of the investment in your country. Your share will be deliberate upon. Your share will be deliberate upon.Your share will be deliberate upon, reply to my private email: egorbunova22@hotmail.com

Thanks and Have Blessing of Almighty
Mss. Elena Gorbunova

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