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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: Ivanna Lyaksandro <infoafdbkonline@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ivannalyaksandro5@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:52:37 -0700
Subject: Dearest, please i need your help !

Dearest One,

Greetings to you, My name is Ivanna Lyaksandro.I'm a single girl of 20
years old from Kyiv Ukraine,I am contacting you because I need your help in
managing a sum of $5,000,000.00 Million USD. that my father left for me
before he died. I am the only Daughter of late Mr.Lyaksandro.from Kyiv
Ukraine, I'm communicating with you from the refugee camp here in London.

My father was a very rich oil and gas dealer before he was killed during
the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. This inheritance is now after
me so I managed to escape my way into a refugee camp in London UK and it is
my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to
establish in your country if you are interested in caring for me, while I
continue my education. I have successfully moved the funds out of Ukraine
as family valuables treasure with help of Umbrella security services
London,Uk.

I really wish to have you as my good friend/partner and wish to hand over
my funds to you for investments on trust.

Please, I want you to view the link below to confirm the pains and
difficulties my country is going through right now.

https://www.ob.org/ukraine-crisis/?mot5064&utm_source=google-grant&utm_medium c&gclid wKCAjwvNaYBhA3EiwACgndgpellvYliDYjkOuLiTbZvNYt0vXr5qb5q58kFhQCoifMbsiHpRZCrhoCdGYQAvD_BwE

Please indicate your interest in taking me along because my present
condition here is critically frustrating me and I don't want to go back to
my country for security purposes .

PLEASE CONTACT ME TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION:(
ivannalyaksandro5@gmail.com )

God bless you.
Am waiting.
Yours, Ivanna Lyaksandro.

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