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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: Vina Omran <missvina224@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 22:30:57 +0100
Subject: I wants your attention.

Dear Friend,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family. My name
is Ms.Nataliia Serhiy Koval. and I'm a young girl of 24 year old from
Kamianets-Podilskyi a city in the Smotrych River in western Ukraine
and presently I am residing in the Republic of Burkina Faso as a
refugee due to killing of my father by the Russian forces firepower .
my mother died 8years of ovarian cancers .My beloved father(Lieutenant
Colonel Serhiy Koval) was a Ukrainian military with the 10th Mountain
Infantry Brigade and also the top minesweeper with Ukraine’s 143rd
Landmine Defusing Center as well as the Head of western Ukraine
Investment Authority.

The brutal killing of my father took place on April 30, 2022 by the
Russia soldiers in Donbas city as a result of the ongoing
Russia-Ukraine war in Ukraine. I was in my first year in the West
Ukrainian National University (WUNU) studying Arts & humanities before
the sad incident and that led to the death of my beloved father.
Darling, I know that it is too early to disclose my life story to you
but please bear with me. My living condition is very critical, please
I need your possible help to reclaim my inheritance and start a new
life. My uncle have sought to kill me so that he will have full
control of my father's estate but I am happy that all his evil failed.

Meanwhile, I decided to travel abroad in order to secure my future but
the problem is that since I don't have an international passport, I
cannot be allowed to enter any Country freely and legally. However,
the only choice for me was to enter Poland, because it is not far from
Kamianets-Podilskyi as many people are crossing to Poland so I joined
them and crossed over to Poland. It was in my presence that the Poland
soldiers gunned down Nechai Dmytruk a famous activist at the Poland
and Ukraine border. A lot happened during this conflict, it was awful,
I only thank God that I'm alive today.

I arrived to Burkina Faso through the help of International Red Cross
and Red Crescent Movement, they were moving people away from the
Poland border because of the too much crowd and insecurity of the
border, so they moved some people to Slovakia, some to Moldova and
Turkey and few to Morroco and Burkina Faso. I decided to come to
Burkina Faso, because when my beloved father was alive, he revealed to
me about the sum of $27.5 Million which he deposited in one of the
Banks in Burkina Faso with my name as his next of kin. On my arrival
to Ouagadougou, where the Bank is located, I contacted them to clear
the money, but the Branch operation Manager who confirmed the
deposited amount of money told me that my status as a refugee
according to the Laws of Burkina Faso does not permit me to engage in
any Bank transaction. He advised me to nominate a trustee who will
stand on my behalf and carry out the operation. This has become
necessary after I have been denied the right to own a Bank account or
perform other forms of financial transaction here because I am a
political asylum seeker. So, I decided to get in touch with you so
that you will help me with the transfer of this money into your Bank
account for investment in your Country. After you have received the
money in your Bank account, you will send me some amount of money to
process my traveling papers because I want to relocate to your Country
where I will start a new life with you. And I intend to complete my
academic studies in your Country. I accept to share my life with you
and give you all my attention from day one of the meetings.

Immediately you confirm your interest to help me, then I will give you
more details as to how we shall conclude this transaction. Please do
let me know if you are interested in helping me with the transfer of
the money into your bank account for possible investment in your
Country so that I will send you more details on how you will stand as
my trustee and finalize the transaction with the Bank where my dad
deposited the money. I beg you please to keep this as a top secret
between us for confidential reasons. At the moment I am living in the
Mission House. Life in this place is very unbearable because we are
not allowed to go out and we are monitored by the Church security
guard. Please help me because I want to leave this place quickly to
live my normal with you. Reply me on my email address
(nataliia.serhiy@gmail.com)

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours truly
Ms.Nataliia Serhiy Koval.

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