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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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Please note about this email:
Fraud email example:
From: "Makarova Arkadiy" <markrova@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mramakarova@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:33:53 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED.
DEAR FRIEND,
MY NAME IS MR. A. MAKAROV, PERSONAL ASSISTANCE TO MR.BORIS MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY. THE ARRESTED CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND BANK MENATEP SPB IN RUSSIA.
I HAVE THE DEPOSIT DETAILS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WHICH HE HANDED OVER TO ME BEFORE HE WAS DETAINED AND NOW BEING 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.VLADMIR PUTIN.
THE PRESIDENT THEREBY LEADING TO THE FREEZING OF HIS FINANCES AND ASSETS ORDERED ME TO SEEK FOR A FOREIGNER, THAT WOULD TAKE FULL CUSTODY OF THE FUNDS BEFORE INFORMATION WOULD BE LEAKED OUT ABOUT THE DEPOSITED FUNDS AND AFTER SEARCHING THROUGH THE BOOKS OF YOUR COUNTRY'S CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES HERE I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN HANDLE THIS GREAT TASK.
I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST ME TO RE-PROFILE THE FUNDS AND EQUALLY INVEST SAME ON HIS BEHALF AND MANAGE IT FOR COMPLETE TWO YEARS, WHEN WE HOPE THAT TENSION WOULD HAVE BEEN CALMED DOWN.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE RE-PROFILLED UNDER YOUR CUSTODY CAN’T BE MENTION IN THIS FIRST MESSAGE FOR SECURITY REASONS. BUT WHEN INDICATE YOUR INTEREST TO TAKE FULL CUSTODY OF THE DEPOSITED, EVERY DETAIL WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE
TO YOU.
FOR SECURITY REASONS, ALL COMMUNICATION MUST BE FOLLOWED VIA EMAIL: mramakarov@hotmail.com BECAUSE PHONE CALLS MIGHT BE BUGGED, AS THEY HAVE ALSO CLOSED ALL MY ACCOUNTS HERE HAVING DISCOVERED THAT I AM BORIS CONFIDANT.
AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE, I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION, BUT ALL THAT I PLEAD IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND ABILITY TO TREAT THIS MESSAGE WITH UTMOST SECRECY BECAUSE NO ONE MUST KNOW
ABOUT THE FUNDS.
SEND YOUR QUICK RESPONSE VIA E-MAIL ADDRESS: mramakarov@hotmail.com
YOURS SINCERELY,
MR. A. MAKAROV
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_issue=11261041
http://www.supportmbk.com
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-Khodorkovsky
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