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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Captain Keith Robinson, an officer in the US Army Peace Keeping Force here in Ukraine " <rev.jim.walter.1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: US.Army.Services1@usa.com
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:53:18 -0700
Subject: Urgent Attention Recipient

Urgent Attention Recipient

The Russia’s to Ukraine Invasion Urgent Attention Recipient

I apologize if the content of my email is contrary to your moral
ethics but I find it pleasurable to offer you my partnership in
business.

I am Captain Keith Robinson Jr, an officer in the US Army, presently
serving in the Military with the 82nd Airborne Division Peace Keeping
Force here in Ukraine vs Russian war, we discovered and rescued this
Woman, Mrs. Monica Daniels Tkachenko who was severely injured by
Russian Army Bomb blast ,her husband and two of her children were
killed by the Russian military bomb blast who invaded her country
UKRAINE , and she is presently in the hospital as a result of the
injury she sustained from the bomb that blasted in their home that
left her husband and two children dead, our military troop deposited
her dead husband and two children in the Mortuary in Kiev UKRAINE:

She considered me trustworthy as I rescued her to the hospital and
confided in me that her dead husband was the CEO of Bellaire Scotland
Ltd, that she has a surviving daughter in Poland and her name is
Zlata, her daughter was evacuated by AMERICAN RED CROSS from Ukraine
City of Mariupol to AMERICAN RED CROSS CAMP in Warsaw Poland. She has
severe complicated health issues due to Injuries from the Bomb blast
that killed her husband and two children and the doctor (Dr. Mariana
Vann Holbrook) Specialist Neuro Surgeon at the hospital said to me
that she may not survive the injury when we rescued and delivered her
to the hospital. She further confided in me that her husband has a
deposit of 4.800.000.00 Euros in a Finance Institution.

She requested me to seek out an honest person who will be
compassionate to help in assisting her with the safe keeping of (Four
Million Eight Hundred Thousand Euros) and adopt her only surviving
daughter ZLATAN from the refugee camp in Warsaw Poland. She wants a
helper to take her from the refugee camp in Poland and for the helper
to be her new father or mother / Guardian and guide her to grow as the
beautiful girl she is, putting her daughter Zlata into a good school
in your country.

You will invest 50% of the money into a good business and use the
benefits to train her daughter until she grows. You will put 30% of
the whole fund in a fixed deposit in your bank on behalf of her
daughter Zlata so that the money will be accessible to Zlata when she
reaches 20 years. You will take the remaining 20% for yourself and
family. I hope you can be trusted? If you can be trusted, I will
explain further when I get a response from you for further
clarification. Nevertheless, please ensure to reply via my private
Email:-
US.Army.Services1@usa.com

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation,

Best Regards,

Captain Keith Robinson
U.S ARMY

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