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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: "MRS.AHAT SOSNITSKAYA" <ahatsoskaya@netscape.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:28:36 +0400
Subject: From Mrs.Ahat Sosnitskaya

MRS.AHAT SOSNITSKAYA

HEAD, CENTRAL ACCOUNTING UNIT

YUKOS OIL COPORATION RUSSIA.

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

MY NAME IS MRS.AHAT SOSNITSKAYA, HEAD CENTRAL ACCOUNTING UNIT OF YUKOS OIL
COPORATION IN RUSSIA. I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF FUNDS FOR ANAETHESIA GROUP PTY
IN OUR CENTRAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM A COMPANY SECRETLY OWNED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF
YUKOS OIL COPORATION,MR MIKHAIL BORIS KHODORKOVSKY WHO WAS RECENTLY JAILED
FOR FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES IN RUSSIA(the union of right forces, led by
Boris nemtsov, and yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor
yavlinsky).
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f13f7d22-b0cb-11d9-9bfc-00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=4bb
9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html>
<http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=87eece8b-6188-46e4-915e-5c1
b8d20858c>
<http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=87eece8b-6188-46e4-915e-5c1
b8d20858c>
<http://news.ft.com/cms/s/dbf849d8-b195-11d9-8c61-00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=4bb
9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html>

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS IN THE CENTRAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM DUE FOR PAYMENT
TO ANAETHESIA GROUP PTY IS FIFTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
(USD$50,000,000.00). DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS FINANCES AND ASSESTS HAVE BEEN
FROZEN BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNEMENT,HIS WIFE(MRS.INNA KHODORKOVSKY)HAS
APPROACHED ME TO GET AN INDIVIDUAL OR PREFERABLY A COMPANY TO HELP REPROFILE
THE FUNDS IN THEIR NAME AND CONSEQUENTLY GET THEM TRANSFERRED OUT OF RUSSIA
FOR INVESTMENT ON THEIR BEHALF.

I AM CONTACTING YOU IN THIS REGARDS BECAUSE SHE HAS AGREED TO COMPENSATE US
WITH 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM. AS SOON AS I GET YOU RESPONSE,I WILL SEND YOU THE
NECESSARY DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION.

PLEASE,REPLY TO MY SECURE EMAIL > ahatsoskaya@netscape.net

REGARDS,
MRS.AHAT SOSNITSKAYA






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