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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.
• 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: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:53:27 GMT
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION IS REQUIRED (FROM YUKOS OIL)

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 followingthe seizure of their house
last week to help Reprofile and invest the funds totalling
USD$26 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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