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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:
- "u.k " (this email uses bad English)
- "egurbonova@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: Elena Gorbunova <test@netip.eu>
Reply-To: <judengozika79@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 01:48:46 -0700
Subject: Urgent attention!
Hello Dear,
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
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 deliberated upon, reply to my private email:
Thanks and Have Blessing of Almighty
Miss. Elena Gorbunova
egurbonova@outlook.com
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