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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Larisa Nitskaya" <cmiefiles06@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2006 19:35:09 +0000
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY

Attn: Sir,

Though this approach appears desperate, difficulties
encountered in efforts to establish a business abroad
necessitate this search for someone to assist me in
securing and investing the sum of USD18,000,000 (eighteen
million dollars) deposited in my name abroad.


Am Mrs. Larisa Nitskaya, confidential personal
treasurer to Mr. Boris Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the arrested
Chairman/CEO of Yukos oil and Bank Menatep SPB in Russia. A well
reputable financial institution with its branches all over the
world.

I am in possession of a vital document of a large
amount of funds which he handed over to me before he was
arrested and detained and now been tried in Russia for financing
political parties (the Union of the Right Forces, led
by Boris Nemtsov and Yabloko, a liberal/social democratic
party led by Gregor Yavlinsky) opposed to the government of
Mr. Vladimir Putin the president of Russia and thereby
leading to the freezing of his finances and assets. After
searching through the books of your country’s chambers of
commerce and industries here in Russia I am contacting you to
assist me to re-profile the funds and equally invest same on his

behalf and you will be paid a commission of 25% for
your management services.

SOURCE OF FUNDS:
I have a profiling amount of USD18M which I seek your
Partnership in accommodating for me. You will be
rewarded as mentioned above with 25% of the total sum for your
partnership cooperation. Can you be my partner on
this? As a confidential personal treasurer to him, this amount
was handed over to me in cash,all in American Dollar
bills, in Transfer of money for a Canadian-Iraqi dual citizen
illegal oil merchant (Mr.Zaid Meerwali) for his last oil deal
with my boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky.While on the process, My
Boss got arrested for his involvement in politics by
financing the Leading and opposing political parties mentioned
above which poses treat to President Vladimir Putin second
tenure as Russian president.For the fear of been indiacted by
the government of Vladimi Putin,I am still in hiding in
Russia for security reason I can not move out because my
government relentless concern over Mikhail Khodorkovsky
associates and recent information confirms to me that Mr. Zaid
Meerwali was recently abducted and murdered for his breach of
agreement with oil barons in Iraq, although he was assumed to
have been killed by insurgents in Iraq. However,the funds
have already left the shore of Russia to a European haulage
and private vault security company located in Europe. You
will get more details on this story through this links:

http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11261041
http://www.supportmbk.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4041115.stm
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-Khodorkovsky
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/08/15/1174402-cp.html
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
http://www.opendemocracy.net/debates/article-3-56-1409.jspor
http://www.obituariestoday.com/Obituaries/ObitShow.cfm?
Obituary_ID=39706

YOUR ROLE:
All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of
the above quoted Sum and I will re-profile the funds with
your name, which will enable the European haulage and
private vault security company release the consignment of the
funds to you in your name as the new beneficiary to the
claims of the funds.I have decided to use this sum to relocate
to American continent and never to be connected to any of

Mikhail Khodorkovsky conglomerates. The transaction
has to be concluded before Mikhail Khodorkovsky is out from
jail. As soon as I confirm your sincere and timely readiness
to execute this transaction with me,I will will connect
you with my son (Kobach Nitskaya) who will contact you
with the details of this project, At the receipt of your
acceptance email, I will ask him to send you the necessary details
and my identification to consummate this project. Please reply to this
email address (larisanika_ru@hotmail.com).



Your sincere cooperation in this regards, will be duly
appreciated. I look forward to your urgent reply.

Regards


Mrs. Larisa Nitskaya


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