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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "keep this confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
• This email message is a "Yukos oil" scam. The criminals who send such emails have no connection to Yukos Oil. The emails are usually sent from Nigeria. The only money that ever changes hands in this scam is from you to the criminals.

Fraud email example:

From: "ivan_oleg" <ivan_oleg@canada.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 22:01:21 -1200
Subject: Yukos Oil Offer Pls Respond




Dear sir,
I am Mr Ivan Oleg and I represent Mr Mikhail Khordokovsky
the
former C.E.O of Yukos Oil Company in Russia. I have a very
sensitive and confidential brief from this top (oligarch) to
ask
for your partnership in re-profiling funds over
US$75million. I
will give the details, but in summary, the funds are in
europe.
This is a legitimate transaction. You will be paid your
"management fees".
If you are interested, please write back by email and
provide me
with your confidential telephone number, fax number and
email
address and I will provide further details and instructions.
Please
keep this confidential; we can't afford more political
problems.
Finally, please note that this must be concluded within two
weeks.
Please write back promptly. I will also suggest you visit
these
news sites on the internet to be better informed about this
project.

http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html

http://www.supportmbk.com/mbk/mbk_bio.cfm

http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Mikhail_B._Khodorkovsky

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/moscow/khodorkovskyinterview.html

http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/75/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=75&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=M1IF&datatype=Person

http://mikhail_khodorkovsky_society.blogspot.com/
Write me back soon. I look forward to it.

Regards,
IVAN OLEG


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