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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: "Alexander Shev" <alexshev@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alexandershev@mixmail.com
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 04:17:13 +0000
Subject: PLEASE RESPONSE NEEDED

Dear Sir,

I am Mr. Alexader Shev, a personal secretary to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the
richest Man in Russia and owner of the following companies:Chairman CEO:
YUKOS OIL (Russian Most Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO:Menatep SBP Bank
(a well reputable financial institution with its branches all over the
world).

I have a profiling amount in an excess of US32 Million United States
Dollars(Thirty-two Million United States Dollars) which I seek your
partnership in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 25% of the
total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this?

SOURCE OF FUNDS:
The documents of the above funds in question was handed over to me to be
used in payment of an American oil merchant for his last oil deal with my
boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Already the funds have been deposited with a
finance and Security company in Europe,where the final crediting is expected
to be carried out. While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested for his
involvement on Politics in financing the leading and opposing political
parties (the Union of Right Forces,led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a
liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor Yavlinsky) which poses treat
to President Vladimir Putin second tenure as
Russian president. You can catch more of the story on this:

http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
http://www.supportmbk.com/mbk/mbk_bio.cfm
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Mikhail_B._Khodorkovsky
http://mikhail_khodorkovsky_society.blogspot.com

YOUR ROLE:
All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum
and I will arrange for the documentations which will enable you to represent
us(me and boss) to claim the money on our behalf from the finance and
security company in Europe where it is deposited.That is re-profiling the
funds with your name I have decided to use this sum to relocate to American
continent for Political Asylum until Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky is out on
jail.

As soon as I get your willingness to comply through my most private email
Address I will give you more details and thank you very much for your
anticipated co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Alexander ‘Shev

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