419 scam: "Hills Stones"<blast@zlcxxa.ru> I'm ready to give you 50%

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- hillsstones@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Hills Stones" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hills@hillsstones.ru>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2020 15:05:32 +0100
Subject: I'm ready to give you 50%

Hi

I got your contact information when I was looking for a stem cell research partnership.

I and my group of Doctors working on alternative medical cure for diseases,applied for a research fund to well meaning individuals, corporate bodies and NGOs. Through my personal relentless and conscientious effort, the money was raised in the amount of

(One Hundred Million United States Dollars).

But as fate would have it, this triggered intense jealousy amongst my associates who felt that the best way they can have a say about the project is to get rid of me, hence the framed me up and landed me in cell

I had to arrange with a warder to access this email.

Now they put me in jail unknown to them that I am the only one that has online access to the account where the money was deposited.

I'm looking for a trustworthy individual who has clean records and a clean account that can take this huge amount, to whom I can give the online access to the account so he can move the money to secure it in his own account till I come out.

For this, I'm ready to give you 50% of the money as long as you can assure me that you can keep my
share till I come out.

Contact my personal email <hillsstones@gmail.com> for details.

Mr Hills Stones

hillsstones@gmail.com

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