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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mikhailovich Kriskovsky" <kriskovsky@terra.com.mx>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:40:42 -0600
Subject: Yukos Oil Transaction


Attn: Sir,

I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$500M, which I seek your partnership in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 4% of the total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this?

INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF:
I am Dr. (Mrs.) Kimaeva Loiudmila, a personal secretary to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the richest man in Russia and owner of the following companies:
Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Most Largest Oil Company)
Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable financial institution with its branches all over the world).

My Boss got arrested for his involvement on alleged tax evasion and politics, by financing the leading and opposing political parties (the Union of Right Forces, led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor Yavlinsky) which poses treat to President Vladimir Putin second tenure as Russian president. You can catch more of the story on this http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html

SOURCE OF FUNDS:
The Fund in question ($500Million) was approved by the Government of Russia for payment of various YUKOS OIL contractors/suppliers to prevent them from loosing the money they invested in the numerous contracts they executed for the above firm. The Government had already concluded plans to frozen all the accounts in my boss name (Mikhail Khodorkovsky) both corporate and personal before I connived with the Accountant General of YUKOS OIL (who is also my partner in this transaction) to raise a memo stating that YUKOS OIL owe contractors the above amount which was finally approved for payment after some deliberations.Already the funds have been deposited with Bank Menatep Russia where the final crediting is expected to be carried out. Actually, we have paid all our contractors both local and foreign because they agitated for their payment when they had that my boss was arrested.

YOUR ROLE:
I will present you/your company as one of the contractors we are owing so stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum and I will arrange for the documentation which will enable Bank Menatep Russia transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use this sum to relocate to American continent and never to be connected to any of Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky conglomerates. The transaction has to be concluded as soon as possible before Mikhail Khodorkovsky is out on bail. As soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me. I will send you a first class return ticket via KLM to London and a reservation to the strand palace hotel where we have to meet with each other to know our selves very well before we commence with the transaction.

In conclusion, I guarantee that this operation will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of law. Please contact me immediately via email.

Best Regards,
Dr. (Mrs.) Kimaeva Loiudmila
Please View Website to confirm true life story of Mikhail Khodorkovsky:
http://www.mosnews.com/mn-files/yukos.shtml#news

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