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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • 1@yandex.ru

Fraud email example:

From: "LARISA SOSNITSKAYA" <laskaya1@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2005 23:47:55 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL FROM LARISA!

DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS MRS.LARISA SOSNITSKAYA, PERSONAL SECRETARY TO MR.BORIS MIKHAIL
KHODORKOVSKY,THE ARRESTED CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND BANK MENATEP
SPB IN RUSSIA WHO IS PRESENTLY IN JAIL. I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF A LARGE
AMOUNT OF FUNDS WHICH HE HANDED OVER TO ME BEFORE HE WAS DETAINED AND
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.VLADMIRPUTIN,THE PRESIDENT THEREBY LEADING TO THE FREEZING OF HIS
FINANCES AND ASSETS.

AFTER SEARCHING THROUGH THE BOOKS OF YOUR COUNTRY'S CHAMBERS OF
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES HERE IN RUSSIA 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 FORTY SIXMILLION
DOLLARS(USD$46,000,000.00) AND YOU WILL BE PAID 20% FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT
SERVICES.

AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE IN MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS
thus: larisa-sosnitskaya-1@yandex.ru I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS
AND MY IDENTIFICATION.

YOURS SINCERELY,

MRS.LARISA 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_issue261041
http://www.supportmbk.com
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-Khodorkovsky

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