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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "kimaeve" <kimlioud444@myway.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:26:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: GOD BLESS YOU


MY DEAR



THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR RESPONDS TO MY EMAIL, LIKE I SAID IN MY FIRST LETTER, I AM REPRESENTING MR. MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY (M.K.) AND WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN RE-PROFILING FUNDS OVER US$23 MILLION I SENT OUR CURRENT CONVERSATIONAL STATUS TO MOSCOW AND HAVE RECEIVED THE AUTHORITY TO PROCEED WITH YOU, AND GET SOME CLARIFICATIONS BOTH WAYS.



MY DEAR, I WILL NOT WANT ANY BODY TO FIND OUT THAT I AM HELPING MY BOSS TO STILL LIVE HIS LIFE AFTER HIS JAIL TERM. PLEASE I WILL WANT US TO DEAL ONLY FROM OUR EMAIL ACCOUNT. I WILL BE STANDING YOU AS A CONTRACTOR TO YUKOS OIL INTERNATIONAL RUSSIA AND I WILL WANT TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ON YOUR BEHALF, PLEASE SEND TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE YOUR NAMES IN FULL, ADDRESS AND YOUR MOST SECURE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER.



MY DEAR, I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AN INHERITANCE. THIS TRANSACTION IS A GOD SENT TRANSACTION TO ME AND I WILL WANT YOUR SINCERE, GENUINE TRUSTFUL AND HONEST IN THIS TRANSACTION BECAUSE I CAN NOT DO IT WITH SOME BODY THAT I CAN NOT TRUST. I WILL BE SENDING YOU AS A CONTRACTOR TO YUKOS OIL INTERNATIONAL RUSSIA AND I WILL WANT YOU TO PLEASE SEND TO ME YOUR NAMES AND ADDRESS WITH YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.



BEFORE I AM ABLE TO GIVE OUT THE INFORMATION THAT WILL ENABLE YOU ACCESS CONFIDENTIAL DATA-PAGES OF MIKHAIL, I WOULD NEED SOME INFORMATION AS FOLLOWS:



(1) WHAT IS YOUR NET WORTH?

(2) IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS, DO THEY AFFECT YOUR ACTIVITIES YOU UNDERTAKE

WITH US AS AN INDIVIDUAL RATHER THAN A CORPORATE ENTITY?

(3) HAVE YOU HANDLED LARGE FUNDS, AND WAS IT SUCCESSFULLY?

(4) CAN YOU TRAVEL TO MONTE CARLO WITHIN SHORT NOTICE OF SAY THREE DAYS?

{5} YOUR PLACE OF WORK AND THE POSITION YOU OCCUPIES. IF MARRIED, HOW MANY KIDS.



ALL THE ANSWERS WILL BE KEPT VERY CONFIDENTIAL. I MUST EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE ASKING THESE QUESTIONS: IF YOU DO HAVE EXISTING PROFILE PROBLEMS, WE MAY END UP INHERITING YOUR BACKLOG THUS CREATING A PROBLEM WHERE NONE EXIST. WE INTEND TO LIQUIDATE A LARGE INVESTMENT, AND TAKE THE CAPITAL APPR. DERIVATIVE TO PROVIDE A NEW INVESTMENT FUND, UNDER YOUR MANAGEMENT, FOR FUTURE INVESTMENTS, THUS NEGATING ANY REQUIREMENTS FOR TAXATION OR DECLARATION OF PROCESS FOR INCOME GENERATION. HOWEVER, IF YOU DO HAVE ISSUES PRIOR TO THIS, IT PUTS ANYTHING YOU DO IN THE LIGHT, AND THUS PUTS US IN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION. AS YOU SEE, OUR ASSETS ARE FROZEN IN SWITZERLAND, AND WHILE WE HAVE EXCESS OF USD5B LYING THERE, WE ARE UNABLE TO LIQUIDATE THEM, OR USE THEM AS GUARANTEE FOR PAYMENT OF THE USD3.5B BACKTAXES INFLICTED ON US BY THE GOVERNMENT. IF THE SITUATION DOES NOT IMPROVE, WE SHALL BE BANKRUPT BEFORE THE END OF FORTH QUARTER THIS YEAR.



THE FUNDS BEING LIQUIDATED ARISE FROM INDEPENDENT INVESTMENTS OF THE GROUP, OUTSIDE THE RUSSIAN SOIL, SO WE CAN LEGITIMATELY DO SO, ONLY IF THIS IS DONE QUIETLY. IF THE AUTHORITES HEAR ABOUT THIS, WE SHALL HAVE TO TENDER IT FOR HEARING IN INTERNATIONAL JUDICIAL SYSTEMS, AND THAT WILL KILL US.HENCE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN HONESTY, AND LET US KNOW IF WE ARE CONFORTABLE WITH YOU. WE ARE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT YOU DO NOT PUT US IN ANY TROUBLE, AND LIKEWISE, WE SHALL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN INPUT AS AN ENTITY WITH NO HISTORY TO THE INVESTMENT, ONLY AS A MANAGEMET CONSULTANT.EVERYBODY MUST BE SAFE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, HENCE THE QUESTIONS.



I REPRESENT MR. MIKHAIL KHORDOKOVSKY, THE FORMER C.E.O OF YUKOS IN RUSSIA. I MA SURE YOU KNOW OF HIS PREDICARMENTS PRESENTLY. THIS IS WHY WE NEED YOUR HELP I RECEIVED YOUR POSITIVE POSITION HENCE THIS EMAIL TO YOU BASED ON HIS ADVICE. I AM SURE YOU ARE UP TO DATE WITH M.K AND MR. PUTIN.



MR. P IS INTENT IN DESTROYING M.K AND HIS BUSINESS EMPIRE,WE ARE WORKING TO GET A BREAK FROM THE COURTS AND WE WILL NEED ALL THECASH CALL WE CAN MUSTER TO HOLD OUR HEAD ABOVE WATERS IN THE COMING DAYS. THE GIBRALTAR PORTFOLIO IS ONE OF OUR ARMS YET TO BE INFECTED BY THE MOSCOW LED FED TAX OFFENSIVE DESIGNED TO BRING US DOWN AND WE NEED YOU TO HELP US KEEP IT SO.

WE NEED FUNDS FROM THIS PORTFOLIO AND WE CAN NOT GET THE FUNDS ON OUR OWN WITHOUT AROUSING MOSCOW. TO AVOID THIS WE NEED TO COMPLETELY REPROFILE THE FUNDS FROM GIBRALTAR PORTFOLIO IN YOUR NAME SO AS TO TURN AWAY MOSCOW AND THEIR ALLY FROM US. THE COMPLETE AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR YOU FOR REPROFILING IS PRESENTLY OVER $500M AND YOUR % STILL STANDS.



THE NEW BENEFICIARIES OF THE PORTFOLIO WILL NEED TO OFFSET THE BACK TAXESTO THE AUTHORITES IN GIBRALTAR AND MOVE THE FUNDS ONLINE OVER THE INTERNETTHROUGH A DEDICATED CONFIDENTIAL BANK ACCESS THAT I WILL OBTAIN FROM M.KIN MOSCOW THROUGH EXISTING CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATIONS. ONCE I GET YOUR NAME OR COMPANY NAME, ADDRESS, FOR IDENTITY TOREPLACE THAT OF M.K AND REPROFILE THE PORTFOLIO ACCORDINGLY, THEN I WILL GET THE BANK ACCESS ACROSS TO YOU TO ACCESS THE PORTFOLIO, PAY THE BACK TAXES TO THE AUTHORITES AND MOVE THE FUNDS TO ANOTHER ACCOUNT WE WILL PROVIDE YOU IN MONTE CARLO AND YOU KEEP YOUR % AS AGREED. PLEASE WRITE BACK PROMPTLY.I WILL ALSO SUGGEST YOU VISIT THESE NEWS SITES ON THE INTERNET TO BE BETTER INFORMED ABOUT THIS PROJET.



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&amp;passyear=2004&amp;passlisttype=person&amp;uniqueid=m1if&amp;datatype=persn&gt;

http://mikhail_khodorkovsky_society.blogspot.com



REGARDS

KIMAEVA LIOUDMILA



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