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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: <alshulman2022@protonmail.com>
Reply-To: Alexandershulman@proton.me
Date: 13 Apr 2023 03:58:26 +0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Dear Friend

I sincerely hope this message will interest you for us to work together for a mutual benefit.
I am a relation of Mr. Leonid Shulman the former Director of Transport of Russian State Oil Company Gazprom who died mysteriously in January 2022.

Since the death of my uncle I have been in hiding because of the circumstances surrounding his death which is not unconnected with the Russian invasion of Ukraine as many other Russian Oligarch that has link with Kremlin like my uncle have been found dead in suspicious circumstances since then.

I worked closely with my uncle handling confidential deals for him and before his death he directed me to stash away over $50 million US Dollars at different locations in Europe for safe keeping as an emergency fund due to fear of what might happen if President Putin carry through his plans of invading Ukraine at the time. As it turned out today our fears became a reality and unfortunately my uncle did not live to witness it.

The reason I am writing to you is to seek your help in securing some of this money into some investment as soon as possible since I don’t know how long the war in Ukraine will last and the western governments has continued to froze the assets of Russian Oligarch that are linked to Kremlin.

Please handle this information with top confidentiality and I will give you the contacts of the locations of the funds to enable you access and invest them for my family. I am offering you 30% of the fund for your services and another 10% to offset whatever expenses you may incur in the process

I will appreciate your quick response through my email address Alexandershulman@proton.me  so as to give you more information.

Thanks,

Alexander Shulman Alexandershulman@proton.me

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