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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • lev_69bon@yahoo.pl

Fraud email example:

From: "Lev Bondal" <lv69bon@msn.com>
Reply-To: lev_69bon@msn.com
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:45:35 +0000
Subject: SEC. LEV!!!

Dear Friend,
How are you?

I am Lev Bondal, personal secretary to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the founder and
owner of YUKOS OIL of Russia,(Russian Largest Oil Company).

I apologized using this medium to contact you for a business of this
magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access reposed on
this medium.

I seek your assistance to accommodate the sum of US$50,000,000.00(Fifty
million (US) dollars) for us, and the need is very urgent. I will reward you
with 10% of the fund for your assistance.

My Boss got arrested for his involvement in politics in financing the
leading and opposing political parties (the Union of Right Forces, led by
Boris Nemtsov),which posed a threat to President Putin Leadership,and was
charged with Tax invasion, just to get him out of the way.

The Russian Government had already concluded plans to frozen all the
accounts in my boss name (Mikhail Khodorkovsky) both corporate and personal
before I connived with an high ranked official of YUKOS OIL,(who is also my
boss's associate) to raise a memo stating that YUKOS OIL owe a foreign
contractor the sum of $50m US dollars which was finally approved for payment
after some deliberations, by the Government of Russia.

YOUR ROLE:
My contact in Yukos Oil will present you as the foreign beneficiary of the
above stated sum. He will also arrange for the documentation which the
payment department will need to effect the payment of the fund to your
nominated account. This will proof that this transaction is genuine and is
not contradicting any local or international Laws and also against any
suspicion from your bank or your government.
Your area of trade or specialization is not an hindrance to the successful
execution of this transaction.
You reach me with private email address(lev_69bon@yahoo.pl).
I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint
me.
I wait in anticipation for your reply.please visit the following sites.

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
Thank you very much.

Regards,
Mr Lev Bondal

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