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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: davies@daviesashley.orangehome.co.uk
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:54:50 +0100 (CET)
Subject: GET BACK IMMEDIATELY ! ! !




Attention,


ENDEAVOUR TO DO READ THIS BUSINSS PROJECT
DO GET BACK TO ME ON MY PROVATE EMAIL.ADDRESS BELOW
b_volkov1956@cashette.com

My name is Vitalis B.Volkov (MR), and an investor in one of the bigest oil Company here in MOSCOW. I have a very important proporal and a private offer for you and i know that it will profit us at the end of the day. I am just asking for your partnership to re-profile some offshore investment funds worth over US$45,000,000.00 (Fourty Five Million United States Dollars). I am constrained however to withold most of the details for now.

But in summary the invested funds are in a bank in western Europe, we need to terminate this investments and re-profile the funds over to you for certain reasons. This is due to the major problem between the Russia government and the Company which we are investor in Russia under (YUKOS OIL).

This is a legitimate and risk free transaction, if we are agreed on the terms you will be paid 10% for "re-profiling and subsequent management of the funds" . If you are interested, please write back by email to B_Volkov1956@cashette.com please with your trusted personal telephone numbers and email address and I will give you further details.

Following our intention to carry out this laudable project expediently we however, succeeded in transferring part of this amount (money) precisely US$15M (Fifteen Million US Dollars) only into a Foreign Bank Account in CANADA, but the provider of the Account is up to some mischief and refused to comply with our earlier mutual agreement insisting that 40% of the total sum shall be hers and has to be paid into her account in CANADA. Knowing fully Well that due to the situation i find myself with the RUSSIAN government,i will comply with her intention.that her 40% should be deducted and be paided into her nominated Bank Account immediately to avoid any futher delay on this project.Believe and concluded that if in the first successful transfer of US$15M (Fifteen Million US$ Dollars) we were not compensated how then are we sure that when the balance of $45 million dollars (Fourty Five Million Dollars) is transferred into her Account that we will be sure of our due compensation.

Note that my LAWYER is presently in Europe for now due to this project,as soon as you get back to me with a positive result we WILL proceed on this project immediately.Your personal telephone number is required for proper communication please.

Note that this proposal is not from my Company or my Company's proposal, but from an individual/person.

Please keep this close to your chest as much as possible; we cannot afford any political problems. Write me back. I look forward to it.

Your maximum confidencial is required on this investment, do not dispose this project.
Best regards,
Mr.Vitalis B. Volkov.
Private email : b_volkov1956@cashette.com

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