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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:
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• 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.
  • mrs_sos_nitskaya231@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Larisa Sosnitskaya" <mrs_sos_nitskaya231@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:28:07 GMT
Subject: Urgent Response Is Required.



Attn 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.

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$26,000,000.00) Million USD in your name or
that of your
company.20% of the funds will be paid for your management
services under a
memorandum of Understanding that will be agreed on between
you and me.

Respond to my confidential
emailaddress:mrs_sos_nitskaya231@hotmail.com

You can read more of this deal on this link.
http://www.supportmbk.com

Regards,

Mrs.Larisa Sosnitskaya

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