419 scam: Anastasia Kotvitska <philislukela@gmail.com> Dear Friend

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- kotvitskaanastasia203@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Anastasia Kotvitska <philislukela@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Kotvitskaanastasia203@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2022 22:58:33 -0800
Subject: Dear Friend

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Dear Friend,

My name is Anastasia Kotvitska, the wife of Ukrainian Businessman and
Politician Igor Kotvitsky (former Member of Parliament for the Popular
Front, and also a member of the Kharkiv Regional Council). You may
have seen on the news that I was caught at the border with $28 million
(USD) and â‚¬1.3 million (Euros) while crossing from Ukraine to the
European Union country of Hungary.

Hungarian customs spotted the money in my baggage due to a mistake on
the part of some very senior officials on the Hungarian side of the
border. I had taken the money through a refugee border crossing into
the European Union while fleeing the war in my country Ukraine.

I consulted some very influential people who helped me resolve the
issue in Hungary and some of the money ($20 million) was cleared and
released back to me. As I am typing this message, I am in a secret
place that I cannot disclose to anyone because Kyiv has opened a
criminal case into my failure to declare the removal of $28 million
(USD) and â‚¬1.3 million (Euros) from Ukraine.

On the above note, Ambassador Gheorghe LeucÄƒ (Permanent Representative
of the Rep. of Moldova to the UN) move the money to UBS Bank
Switzerland. I want to partner with you and have the money sent from
Switzerland to your country for immediate investment because of
preying eyes.

If you agree to partner with me and receive the money in your country
without exposing my proposal to anyone, I am willing to give you 10%
of the money as soon as you receive it.

All information I have given you in my message is verifiable but I
strongly appeal to you to keep it between the both of us only, because
anything contrary will jeopardize every effort I have made in this
regard, please.

Sincerely,

Anastasia Kotvitska
kotvitskaanastasia203@gmail.com

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