419 scam: =?utf-8?Q?darcovsk=C3=BD?= dobrodinec <marvin.aquino.jalapa@pgn.gob.gt> =?utf-8?Q?d=C3=B4vern=C3=A9

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: =?utf-8?Q?darcovsk=C3=BD?= dobrodinec <marvin.aquino.jalapa@pgn.gob.gt>
Reply-To: "jonathonsherman@yahoo.com" <jonathonsherman@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2022 23:08:17 -0600 (CST)
Subject: =?utf-8?Q?d=C3=B4vern=C3=A9_ozn=C3=A1menie?=

Ahoj,Som Jonathan Sherman. Som syn kanadskÃ©ho staviteÄ¾a. HÄ¾adÃ¡m kÃºpu domu vo vaÅ¡ej krajine, kde by som sa mohol presÅ¥ahovaÅ¥ so svojou rodinou. Ak by ste boli takÃ½ lÃ¡skavÃ½ a pomohli mi nÃ¡jsÅ¥ niekoho blÃzkeho, som ochotnÃ½ sa s vami podeliÅ¥ o 40 % svojho dediÄstva. VloÅ¾te zlatÃ© peniaze do banky a oveÄ¾a viac. Toto je len Ãºvod k tomu, o Äom by som sa s vami rÃ¡d porozprÃ¡val. Boli by ste takÃ½ lÃ¡skavÃ½ a kontaktoval ma pre viac podrobnostÃ? Toto je dÃ´vernÃ©, nikdy som to nechcel zverejniÅ¥. Z tohto dÃ´vodu sa musÃm osobne obrÃ¡tiÅ¥ na vÃ¡Å¡ e-mail. Pre bliÅ¾Å¡ie informÃ¡cie ma prosÃm kontaktujte. SÄ¾ubujem, Å¾e ti nezaberiem veÄ¾a Äasu. Len som potreboval niekoho, komu by som sa zveril so svojÃm tajnÃ½m plÃ¡nom sÅ¥ahovania. ak by ste boli tak lÃ¡skavÃ a kontaktovali moju sÃºkromnÃº e-mailovÃº adresu: poskytnem vÃ¡m vÅ¡etky podrobnosti o dÃ´vode mÃ´jho presÅ¥ahovania. sÃºkromnÃ½ e-mail: JonathonSherman@outlook.comSÃºkromnÃ© WhatsApp: +1(289)6459842S Pozdravom,Jonathan Sherman.

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