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: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 00:33:06 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend

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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