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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: Ivanna Serhiy Koval <ivannaserhiykoval@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 22:02:08 +0100
Subject: salutations


Greetings,



Good day . I'm really delighted to communicate with you and I believe we
can achieve everything together and create something great . My name is
Ms.Ivanna 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 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 help to reclaim my inheritance and
start a new life. My uncle has 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 Morocco 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 life with you. Reply me on my email address (
ivannaserhiykoval@gmail.com)

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours truly
Ms.Ivanna Serhiy Koval.
ivannaserhiykoval@gmail.com

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