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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "back to me via my private e-mail" (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
• 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.

Fraud email example:

From: micheal rhodes <m_rhode1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <c_cole199@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:58:30 -0600
Subject: Attn: So Urgent!!! /17/08/2007





Dear Sir/ma I am micheal C. Rhodes and I represent Mr. Mikhail Khordokovsky the former C.E.O of Yukos Oil Company in Russia.

who is Mikhail Khordokovsky?.
Read more About Him:http://www.supportmbk.com/mbk/mbk_bio.cfm
I have a very sensitive and confidential brief from himto ask for your partnership in re-profiling funds in aprivate bank investment portfolio in Western Europe. Iwill give the details, but in summary, the funds arecoming via Bank Menatep in Russia. This is aMlegitimate transaction.
You will be paid 20% of the,portfolio investment value as your \"management fees\".If you are interested, please write back to me via my
private E-mail: philip@russiamail.comand provide me with your,confidential telephone number, fax number and emailaddress and I will provide further details and if youare satisfied I can proceed with the instructions.
Please we can not afford any political problemsbecause of recent events in Russia. So I will adviceyou keep this to your self. Finally, please note that this must be concluded within reasonable time frametherefore your prompt reply is essential.Write me back. I look forward to it.Pls reply tomy personal email address: philip@russiamail.com
Best regardsmicheal C. Rhodes.






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