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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 "Yukos oil" scam. The criminals who send such emails have no connection to Yukos Oil. The emails are usually sent from Nigeria. The only money that ever changes hands in this scam is from you to the criminals.
• 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.
  • larisa@mail.vu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Larisa Sosnitskaya" <larisa2012@walla.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:19:35 +0800
Subject: DECISION TAKING

Dear friend


I am Mrs. Larisa Sosnitskaya a personal treasurer to Mikhail Khodorkovsky
the Richest man in Russia and owner of the following companies, Chairman
CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank
(A well reputable financial institution with it's Branches all over the
world).

I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$46M, which I seek your
Partnership in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 30% of the
total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this???

As a personal consultant to him, authority was handed over to me in
transfer of money of an American oil merchant for his last oil deal with my
boss
Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Already the funds have left the shore of Russia to a
European private Bank where the final crediting is expected to be carried
out. While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested for his Involvement
inpolitics by financing the leading And opposing political parties (the
Union
of Right Forces, led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a liberal/social
democratic party Led by Gregor Yavlinsky) which poses treat to President
Vladimir Putin Second Tenure as Russian president and he is presently in
Jail now.

You can catch more of the story on this website:

<http://www.yukos.com/>
<http://news.ft.com/cms/4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html>
<http://www.hoovers.com/yukos/--ID__53700--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml>
<http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html>


All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted Sum
and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which will enable The
European bank transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use this Sum to
relocate to another continent and never to be connected to any of Mikhail
Khodorkovsky conglomerates. As Soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude
the transaction with me, I will provide you with the details. Please reach
me through this email address: larisa@mail.vu for further correspondence

Thank you very much.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Larisa Sosnitskaya

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