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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:

• 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: "Eugeny" <eugeny7@myway.com>
Reply-To: eugenybaru1@myway.com
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 12:25:28 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Require your prompt response!




























Good day to you.

I am Eugeny Baru. And I represent Platon Lebedev the former director ofGroup MENATEP, a holding company with diversified assets of US$20billion, primarily in oil and gas, mineral fertilizers,telecommunications and information technologies, and banking andfinancial services. Group MENATEP, you should know is also thecontrolling shareholder of YUKOS Oil Company in Russia.

Now, I have a very sensitive and confidential brief from my client toask for your partnership in re-profiling a certain amount of money.Precisely US$10.2 Million.

I do not wish to divulge details until I hear positively from you. Insummary however the money is coming via Bank Menatep.

This is a legitimate transaction. You will be paid 10% for your"Management Fees". If you are interested, please write back by mail andprovide me with your telephone numbers and possibly your fax number andemail address.Then I will provide further details and instructions.

It goes without saying that a transaction of this nature and size shouldbe treated in utmost confidence. Indeed I will go further to say that itshould be kept entirely to yourself. We cannot by any means, afford morepolitical problems.

I will well appreciate a speedy reply to this communique as I will liketo conclude this matter as quickly and quietly as possible.

I do look forward to it.

Sincerly, Evgeny Baru





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