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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: "Mr.Razum Khailo" <razumkoykhailo@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 23:34:55 -0700
Subject: Greetings from Ukraine,

Greetings from Ukraine,

Mr. Razumkov Mykhailo, an entrepreneur businessman from Odessa
Ukraine. Within a year plus some months now, more than 8.2 million
people around the cities of my country Ukraine have been evacuated to
a safe location and out of the country, most especially children with
their parents, nursing mothers and pregnant women, and those who have
been seriously wounded and need urgent medical attention. I was among
those that were able to evacuate to our neighbouring countries and I’m
now in the refugee camp of Ter Apel Groningen in the Netherlands.

I need a foreign partner to enable me to transport my investment
capital and then relocate with my family, honestly i wish I will
discuss more and get along. I need a partner because my investment
capital is in my international account. I’m interested in buying
properties, houses, building real estates, my capital for investment
is ($30 Million USD) . The financial institutions in my country
Ukraine are all shot down due to the crisis of this war on Ukraine
soil by the Russian forces. Meanwhile, if there is any profitable
investment that you have so much experience in your country, then we
can join together as partners since I’m a foreigner.

I came across your e-mail contact through private search while in need
of your assistance and I decided to contact you directly to ask you if
you know any lucrative business investment in your country i can
invest my money since my country Ukraine security and economic
independent has lost to the greatest lower level, and our culture has
lost including our happiness has been taken away from us. Our country
has been on fire for more than a year now.

If you are capable of handling this business partnership, contact me
for more details, I will appreciate it if you can contact me
immediately. You may as well tell me a little more about yourself.
Contact me urgently to enable us to proceed with the business. I will
be waiting for your response. My sincere apologies for the
inconvenience.


Thank you!

Mr. Razumkov Mykhailo.

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