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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: "Mrs.Sosnitskaya Ahatulebha" <sahatulebha@mxs.de>
Reply-To: osnews-crew@osnews.com
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 13:47:38 -0500
Subject: [OSNews-Crew] Your urgent response will be highly appreciated.

Dear Friend,

I need your consent after going through your business profile to reprofile
a large amount
of funds for investment in your name.

INTRODUCTION:
My name is Mrs.Sosnitskaya Ahatulebha, personal secretary of Mr.Mikhail
Khodorkovsky,
owner of Yukos oil in Russia.

SOURCE OF FUNDS:
I have the Origin of funds document in the name of ANAESTESIA PTY RUSSIA
totalling
Four Hundred and sixty Million Dollars issued by the Ministry of finance in
Russia in
Government Bond and owned by Mr.Mikhail Khodorkovsky, that he gave to me
being his
personal secretary before his arrest and trial by the Russian Authority for
financing political
parties led by the union of right forces opposed to the administration of
the Russian
President.

You can read more about his ordeal through the newspaper websites stated
below:
1. http://www.nationalvanguard.org/printer.php?id=2594
2. http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060209/43437457.html
3.http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=107&sid=6443475&cKey
=
1139231178000
4.http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=107&sid=6369453

REASON FOR REPROFILLING:
As a result of the freezing of his bank accounts and all his known assets
and investment
in Russia and other part of the world, he requested that I get the funds
transferred out of
Russia for investment.

It is for this reason that I need your response to reprofile the funds in
your name and have
them transferred for investment in your country.

As soon as I receive your response, I will send you the necessary details
you need and my
international passport photograph as a means of identification.
Please send your reply to this e-mail to: Sahatulebha@aim.com

My regards,

Mrs.Sosnitskaya Ahatulebha


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