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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: "Larisa Sosnitskaya" <larisa4@anpmall.net>
Reply-To: <larisakaya1@katamail.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:01:19 +1030
Subject: Attention Please !!!!!





Greetings From Larisa Sosnitskaya

Dear Friend,

I am Larisa Sosnitskaya and I represent Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky the former C.E.O of Yukos Oil Company in Russia. I have a very sensitive and confidential brief from this top (oligarch) to ask for your partnership in re-profiling funds US46 Million. I will give the details, but in summary, the funds are coming via A Prime Bank/Financial Institution. This is a legitimate transaction.

You will be paid 20 percent as your commison/compensation for your active efforts and contribution to the success of this transaction.

You can catch more of the story on This website below or you can watch more of CNN or BBC to get more news about my boss.

http://www.mosnews.com/mn-files/khodorkovsky.shtml
http://www.mbktrial.com/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/04/11/041.html
http://www.nndb.com/people/633/000025558/

If you are interested, please do indicate by providing me with your confidential telephone number,fax number and email address and I will provide further details and instructions.


Please keep this confidential as we cannot afford more political problems. Please do respond to me back via email to :larisa2@katamail.com very quick if you are interested. look forward to it.

Regards,
Larisa Sosnitskaya
email:larisa2@katamail.com


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