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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: "Dmitri Bystrov" <dmistrov1@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: dmstrov1@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 00:37:17 +0200
Subject: YUKOS CEO

Dear Sir,

I am representing Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky (M.K.),CEO of YUKOS Oil Giant
Company in Russia which I hope you are aware of. In that capacity, I would
like to ask for your partnership in re-profiling of funds valued over US$165,000,000.00
(ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DORLARS) only.

I am making this contact based on the previous auction of Yukos Oil Giant
Company and Mr. M.K's current detention in jail by the Russian President
(PUTIN). I will provide you with detail information as soon as I hear positively
from you concerning this project, but in brief, the funds are coming via
private trust company and on the esteemed instruction of Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
This is a legitimate transaction guaranteeing your partnership and involvement
100% risk free both in the process and right after.

You will be provided with a Memorandum of Understanding or an Agreement to
guide and guarantee you further in your participation. Your "Management Fees"
will be 10%, If you are interested, please write back and I will provide
further details which I cannot do now for reasons which I hope you will understand
perfectly well.

It will be appreciated if we can Keep this to ourselves for now. Finally,
please note that this must be concluded within a short time.

I look forward to your earliest response.

Reply to my alternate email:dmstrov1@zipmail.com.br

Sincerely,
Dmitri Bystrov





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