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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: "Mrs Ahat Sosnitskaya" <ahatsosnitskaya14@msn.com>
Reply-To: ahatsosnitskaya@inbox.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:44:29 +0000
Subject: Hello

MRS.AHAT SOSNITSKAYA
HEAD,CENTRAL ACCOUNTING UNIT
YUKOS OIL COPORATION
RUSSIA.

DEAR FRIEND,
MY NAME IS MRS.AHAT SOSNITSKAYA, PERSONAL SECRETARY
TO MR.BORIS MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY,THE ARRESTED CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND
BANK MENATEP SPB IN RUSSIA.

I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WHICH WHERE HE HANDED OVER
TO ME BEFORE HE WAS DETAINED AND NOW BEEN TRIED IN
RUSSIA FOR FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES(the Union of Right Forces,led by
Boris Nemtsov,and Yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor
Yavlinsky)OPPOSED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MR.VLADMIR PUTIN,THE PRESIDENT
THEREBY LEADING TO THE FREEZING OF HIS FINANCES AND ASSETS.I AM CONTACTING
YOU TO ASSIST ME TO RE-PROFILE THE FUNDS AND EQUALLY INVEST SAME ON HIS
BEHALF.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE RE-PROFILLED IS TWO
HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS (USD$216,000,000.00) AND YOU WILL BE
PAID 0.8% FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE, I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS
AND MY IDENTIFICATION.
YOURS SINCERELY,
MRS. AHAT SOSNITSKAYA

NB:YOU CAN READ MORE OF HIS ORDEAL FROM:
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


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