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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.
  • mrslarisas45@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrslarisas36@terra.es" <mrslarisas36@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:10:54 +0200 (MEST)
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
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4110203.html
http://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
He 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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