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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: mazhar burak <mazharburak9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mazhar.burak@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 08:02:40 -0700
Subject: REPLY

Greetings from Here,

I sincerely apologize for intruding into your privacy but I hope you
understand my desperate condition in our country.
Let me start by introducing myself to you since you and I have not known or
communicated with each other before.

My name is Mazhar Burak a retired rector in Ukraine and presently an
industrialist and a close associate of Volodymyr Zelensky- the president of
Ukraine today.

I am sure that you must have been hearing about this war in your national
televisions over there in your country.

God willing am seeking means of relocating my business interests out of
Ukraine due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine killing thousands of
Ukrainians ,destruction of properties leading millions of Citizens into
refugees to neighboring countries. Because of this war, I decided to
relocate my funds and business outside my country to venture into
profitable businesses like : real estate, stock speculation, health sector
and tobacco; thus, any lucrative sector.

It is on that note that I have decided to contact you for assistance
towards that direction if you do not mind.

If you think you have a solid background and idea of making a good profit
in any of the mentioned business sectors or any other businesses in your
country, please write to me at the same email address for possible business
co-operation. My need for this business proposition is very urgent. Please
I expect your good and prompt reply so that we can proceed swiftly.

More so, I have put all modalities in place in exporting cash of
USD$28,000,000.00 for such investment based on mutual agreement and legal
arrangements to avoid any breach of business/financial law.

Thank you,
Mazhar Burak

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