419 scam: "laris nitskaya" <lanit90@msn.com> CURRENT NEWS CONFIDENTIAL

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
- lanit70@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "laris nitskaya" <lanit90@msn.com>
Reply-To: lanit50@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 13:36:29 +0000
Subject: CURRENT NEWS CONFIDENTIAL

DEAR FRIEND,
MY NAME IS MRS.LARISA NITSKAYA,PERSONAL SECRETARY TO MR.BORIS MIKHAIL
KHODORKOVSKY,THE ARRESTED 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 BEFORE HE WAS DETAINED AND NOW BEEN 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.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 HIS 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
MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE,I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY
DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION.

YOURS SINCERELY,
MRS.LARISA SOSNITSKAYA

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://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4041115.stm
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-Khodorkovsky
NB
PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE MAIL BOX:[lanit70@yahoo.com ]

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