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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: "Ms.KIMAEVA LIOUDMILA" <lioudk@latinmail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 02:38:39 -1200
Subject: Ms.KIMAEVA LIOUDMILA







I am Ms.KIMAEVA LIOUDMILA personal secretary to
Mikhail Khodorkovsky the richest man in Russia and
owner of the following companies: Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL (a
Russian oil company) and
Menatep SBP Bank (A reputable financial institution)
who got arrested for his involvement in politics in
financing opposition political parties (the Union of Right
Forces, led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a liberal/social
democratic party led by Gregor Yavlinsky) which poses a
treat to President Vladimir Putin second tenure as
Russian president.
More information are available on:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm
and
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html.

I got your contact in my search for a reliable and
trustworthy entity who could handle this confidential
transaction.
You will be entitled to 30% of the sum once everything gets
concluded. Please take this seriously as it is not a hoax.
All I need from you is to stand as a beneficiary to the
funds in one of his accounts that has not yet been
discovered by the authorities.
The account holds the sum of 50.2 million dollars($50.2m).
All modalities necessary for the successful transfer of this
money have been worked out and I wish to relocate out of
here quietly once we are through.
Please if you are interested, provide your details such as
full name, business name, if you have a business and
telphone number so that we can commence immediately. The
transaction has to be concluded in 2 weeks As soon as I get
your willingness to comply through
my most private email address( klioud11@myway.com ]
I will give you more details.

Regards,
Ms.KIMAEVA LIOUDMILA
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