419 scam: "Igor Zinchenko"<iz6767@gmail.com> Re: Hello

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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:

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:
- "the consignment" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Igor Zinchenko" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <iz20779988@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2023 03:49:41 -0400
Subject: Re: Hello

Greetings,

I am Mr. Igor Zinchenko, the Field Exploration Manager of PJSC Lukoil Oil Company. LukOil is a Russian multinational energy corporation headquartered in Moscow, specializing in the business of extraction, production, transport, and sale of petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products and it's the second largest company in Russia. I am seeking your assistance to retrieve the sum of Ten Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars consisting of two consignment boxes.

This money was acquired from the company and it was accompanied by a diplomat to the United States of America, my reason for this is because I have been cheated out of my entitlements by the company for far too long simply because I am not a Russian. The contact details of the diplomat who is in the United States of America will be given to you if you indicate your interest to help me.

Each of the boxes contains $5.1M and for you helping me I am willing to release and compensate you with 20% of the total sum. For security reasons the consignment was registered to be CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS, I can explain why this was done. Bear in mind that the diplomat is not aware of the content of the consignment, it has been there in the U.S for months as Russia invades my home country (Ukraine), I now seek for a reliable partner in the United States to help in retrieving them.

I will be leaving the company and country with my family as soon as the consignment is delivered to you for my private investment. Moreso, I would also like to invest a significant amount of the funds in any business investment or proposition you may have in mind. I have plans to resign from the company and I have also made arrangements to cross over to Poland with my family where the majority of Ukrainians take refuge. Please, I need your urgent response before my plans to leave the company are discovered.

Right now the safest form of correspondence is through my own email address, please in the interest of confidentiality only reply through my direct private email address. We are not safe here in Russia and our home (Ukraine) is destroyed by the Russian Army.

Kindly reply along with your direct cell phone or contact number where I can reach you. Please, if you are not willing or interested in helping me, I would plead that you kindly delete this email from your computer/email and pretend you never received it.

Best regards,

Igor Zinchenko

+7495625701

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