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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "udd tb" <uddtb@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: laris_aya@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 11:08:34 +0000
Subject: I SEEK YOUR HELP TO ACT AS MY BENEFICIARY-INVESTMENT FUNDS

DEAR FRIEND,

I AM CONTACTING YOU WITH DUE RESPECT IN REGARDS TO AN
URGENT ISSUE WHICH I HEREBY SEEK YOUR ULTMOST CONFIDENCE. MY NAME IS
MRS.L. NITSKAYA, TREASURER TO MR.BORIS MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY,THE
ARRESTED FORMER CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND BANK MENATEP SPB IN
RUSSIA.

I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WHICH HE
HANDED OVER TO ME UNKNOWN TO ANYBODY BEFORE HE WAS DETAINED AND
SENTENCED IN RUSSIA FOR FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES OPPOSED TO THE
GOVERNMENT OF MR.VLADMIR PUTIN,THE PRESIDENT THEREBY LEADING
TO THE FREEZING OF HIS FINANCES AND ASSETS. NOW THE FUND IS LYING IN AN
ESCROW
ACCOUNT ONLY ACCESSABLE TO ME AND NOBODY ELSE. 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 MY BEHALF.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE
RE-PROFILLED IS TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS
(USD$216,000,000.00) AND YOU WILL BE PAID 0.5% FOR YOUR
ASSISTANCE IN
SAVING THE FUND ON MY BEHALF WITH YOU.

PLEASE OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY, AND REST ASSURED THAT THIS
TRANSACTION WOULD BE MOST PROFITABLE FOR BOTH OF US BECAUSE I SHALL REQUIRE
YOUR ASSISTANCE TO
INVEST MY SHARE IN YOUR COUNTRY.THE TRANSACTION, ALTHOUGH DISCRETE, IS
LEGITIMATE ANDTHERE IS NO RISK OR LEGAL LLIABILITY EITHER TO OURSELVES
OR YOURSELF NOW OR IN THE FUTURE AS WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE THE NECCESARY
MACHINERY THAT WILL ENSURE A HITCH FREE TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT UPON
ACCEPTANCE DO SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY IN THIS TRANSACTION,

AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE,I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY
DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION.

YOURS SINCERELY,
MRS.L SOSNITSKAYA
respond for confidencial purpose through my private email
laris_nit@pochta.ru





PLS SEE BELOW THESE WEBSITES TO ACQUAINT YOURSELF WITH DETAILS.
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://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4041115.stm
http://www.
nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhaiyieldmapl-Khodorkovsky



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