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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: Viktor Purishkevich <purishkevich@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Purishkevich_11@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:54:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Friend,


Dear Friend,

Good day to you, I am Viktor Purishkevich, I represent a major company CEO in Russia. He has given me a very sensitive and private brief to ask for your partnership to re-profile legitimately accrued funds well over fifty million euros for a pipeline/transportation development project in the US.

I will give the details, but in summary, the funds are coming via a bank in western Europe, and this is a very legitimate request. You will be paid 8% for your management fees",if I am able to reach agreeable terms with you.
If this would interest you, please write me back by email and provide me with your telephone number, and private email address and I will provide further details. I wish for you to have this request as private as much as possible; we can not afford any political problems in our country.

Write me back.I look forward to it.

Thank you very much.

Viktor Purishkevich.
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