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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: "mrslarisas31@terra.es" <mrslarisas31@terra.es>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:02:58 +0100 (MET)
Subject: Mrs.Larisa Sosnitskaya


Dear Friend,

I am Mrs.Larisa Sosnitskaya, Personal Secretary to
Mr.Mikhail Khodorkovsky (former Owner of Yukos Oil
in Russia) who was jailed may 16th 2005 for
financing political parties the union of right
forces, led by Boris nemtsov, and yabloko, a
liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor
yavlinsky which are opposed to the government of
Mr.Vladmir Putin, the president thereby leading to
the freezing of his finances and assets which you
can read from the website news below:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701456.html
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060818/52808680.html

ttp://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4110203.html

ttp://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,1834216,00.html
http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=693919
http://www.nationalvanguard.org/printer.php?id=2594
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060209/43437457.html

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=107&sid=6443475&cKey=1139231178000

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=107&sid=6369453
e gave me the document of his funds before his
trial and I am contacting you after getting the
consent of the wife Mrs.Inna Khodorkovsky following
the seizure of their house last week to help
Reprofile and invest the funds totalling USD$216M in
your name or that of your company.

15% of the funds will be paid for your management
services under a memorandum of Understanding that
will be agreed on between you and Mrs.Inna
Khodorkovsky.

As soon as I get your acceptance, I will send you
the document of the funds and my international
passport photograph.

Respond to my confidential email
address:mrslarisas45@aim.com

Regards,

Mrs.Larisa Sosnitskaya





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