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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: Amar Amar <amar.ck123amar@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:48:05 +0200
Subject: From Leeman. Please Respond


Dear Sir,

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I
know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive
and worried, I am assuring that this is real and genuine.

My name is Mr. Leeman Moore. I am the director of JKN Investment Portfolio
Management. I came to know you in my private search for a reliable and
reputable person to handle this Confidential Transaction, which involves
the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum
confidence.

MY PROPOSITION: I am the financial adviser to Sergey Viktorovich Chemezov
who is the CEO of Rostec Corporation, a Russian Oligarch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Chemezov Unfortunately, he is one of
Russian president Putin's strong allies sanctioned by the United States
government over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He has an abandoned sum of
$135,320,000.00 (One Hundred and Thirty-Five Million Three Hundred and
Twenty Thousand United States Dollars) in a US Bank account which he
intends to move out because of the sanctions placed on Putin and his allies
by the United States government and NATO.

As a matter of fact,the fund was deposited in an escrow account with
Investor Bank U.S.A. This fund cannot be released from this escrow account
unless someone applies for claim as a business partner indicated in deposit
terms and banking guidelines.

Unfortunately, my client is on the sanction list of the United States of
America and he cannot front for this fund. The fund can also not
be remitted to him. Remember that Russia has been sanctioned aggressively
and Russian banks were sanctioned from the SWIFT messaging system and can´t
operate or access International Transactions within the US and Europe. Even
VISA and Master Cards did also suspend Russia from using their cards /
services. I now seek your consent to have you stand as beneficiary /
partner to the fund so that the fund to the sum of $135,320,000.00 (One
Hundred and Thirty-Five Million Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand United
States Dollars) can be released and paid into your account as the
beneficiary, otherwise in less than no time the account/fund will also be
sanctioned. All documents to enable you to receive this fund will be
carefully worked out. Please acknowledge receipt of my letter in acceptance
of our mutual business endeavor. This calls for an urgent action.

On the final conclusion of this project, 30% of this will be rewarded for
your participation in this deal. Please do not take undue advantage of the
trust I bestow in you. I have worked out all modality to complete the
transaction successfully, be rest assured that the transaction is 100%
legal and risk free. Once again, if my proposal is acceptable to you,
Kindly reply via my email for further details.
Please respond through this email: leeman.more@outlook.com

Best Regards,
Leeman Moore.
Director JKN Investment Portfolio Management.

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