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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: "Ms. Larisa Sosnitskaya" <jenni@reedtribe.org>
Reply-To: larisa_105@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:33:59 -0800
Subject: BUSSINESS PROPOSAL(YUKOS OIL)




Dear Friend,


My name is Ms. Larisa Sosnitskaya, personal secretary to Mr. Boris
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the arrested Chairman/Ceo of Yukos oil and bank
Menatep SPB Russia, formal richest man in Russia who is presently in jail.

I have the documents of a large amount of funds which he handed over
to me before he was detained and has been sentenced to jail for not
paying taxes and financing political parties (the union of right forces,

led by Mr. 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 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 this fund and equally invest this fund in your country.

The total amount of these funds to be re-profiled is forty six million
dollars (USD 46,000,000.00) and you will be getting 20% for your
assistance.

I shall furnish you with necessary information?s and my
identifications as soon I receive your acceptance which should be sent to
my private
email box larisa_105@yahoo.com.hk


Yours sincerely,
Ms. Larisa Sosnitskaya

Note all response must be sent to my personal email box
larisa_105@yahoo.com.hk


for all further communications.

NB: I advice you read more of this ordeal from:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm

http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3042850.stm

http://www.supportmbk.com


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