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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a "Yukos oil" scam. The criminals who send such emails have no connection to Yukos Oil. The emails are usually sent from Nigeria. The only money that ever changes hands in this scam is from you to the criminals.

Fraud email example:

From: Thomas Abraham <thomasabraham_19@yahoo.it>
Reply-To: thomasabraham_1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 08:07:26 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: waiting to hear from you


I look forward to your prompt

- I am Abraham Korjev; I represent Mr. Thomas Abraham the former C.E.O of Yukos Oil Company in Russia. I have a very sensitive and confidential brief from his Secretary to ask for your partnership in re-profiling funds in Europe as Fund Management Consultant and foreign partner to YUKOS OIL. I want to move the sum of (18.5Million Pounds GBP) from Europe Security company in his account. I am therefore write to ask you that you quietly partner with us and providing an account or setting up a new one that will serve the purpose of receiving this fund. Even an empty account can also serve as long as there will be honesty to me till the end of the deal and I hope you will never let me down. I am ready to give you the sum of 20% for your assistance and partnering with us, as your management fees after getting the fund re-profile to you as our fund management agent in your country Look forward to your response. I look forward to your prompt. Best Regards, Thomas Abraham

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