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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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Fraud email example:

From: <vanderveen200@ilse.nl>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 11:18:47 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: ARE YOU AWARE?


FROM THE DESK OF ADVOCATEN
MR RUURD VAN DER VEEN
(ATTORNEY&SOLICITOR)
CERAMPLEIN 74,1095BZ.
AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS.
TEL/FAX:0031 -84 719 5162.


I am MR RUURD VAN DER VEEN Private Attorney to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the richest man in Russia and owner of the following companies: Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL (A Russian oil company) and Menatep SBP Bank (A reputable financial institution) who got arrested and later jailed for his involvement in politics in financing opposition political parties (the Union of Right Forces, led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor Yavlinsky) which poses a threat to President Vladimir Putin second tenure as Russian president.

More information are available on:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm and
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html.
http://www.yukos.com
http://news.ft.com/cms/4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html
http://www.hoovers.com/yukos/--ID__53700--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4105663
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050531/ap_on_bi_ge/russia_khodorkovsky


I got your contact in my search for a reliable and trustworthy entity who could handle this confidential transaction.You will be entitled to 30% of the sum once everything gets concluded. Please take this seriously as it is not a hoax. All I need from you is to stand as a
beneficiary to the funds in one of his accounts that has not yet been discovered by the authorities.The account holds the sum of $50.2 million dollars. All modalities necessary for the successful transfer of this money have been worked out and I wish to relocate out of here quietly once we are through.

Please if you are interested, provide your details such as full name,business name, if you have a business and telphone number so that we can commence immediately. The transaction has to be concluded in 2 weeks As soon as I get your willingness to comply through my most private email address (ruurdvanderveen@fsmail.net) I will be providing you with the contact details of the Bank here in Europe so that we can start off immediately.
I will give you more details.

Regards,

MR RUURD VAN DER VEEN
(ATTORNEY&SOLICITOR)
TEL/FAX:0031 -84 719 5162.

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