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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • larisa2007@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "larisa sosnitskaya" <sosnits20@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: sosnitskaya_larisa2007@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:55:05 -0500
Subject: PROPOSAL FROM LARISA

dear friend,

my name is mrs. larisa sosnitskaya, personal secretary to mr. boris mikhail
khodorkovsky, the arrested chairman/ceo of yukos oil and bank menatep spb 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 tried in russia
on charges of tax evasion and for financing political parties (the union of
right forces, led by 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 of 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 the
funds and equally invest same on his behalf. the total amount of funds to be
re-profiled is forty six million dollars (usd$46,000,000.00) and you will be
paid 20% for your management services.

as soon as i receive your acceptance in my personal email address
thus:larisa2007@excite.com i will send you the necessary details and my
identification.


yours sincerely,
mrs. larisa sosnitskaya.


nb: you can read more of his ordeal from:
http://www.supportmbk.com
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/mikhail-khodorkovsky
http://news.ft.com/cms/4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e251c8.html

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