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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Igors Dolomanovs <dolomanovs@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: igordolo@myway.com
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:40:00 +0100
Subject: PARTNERSHIP


Dear Friend,

My name is Mr Igors Dolomanovs, a peronal treasurer to Mr Mikhail =
Khodorkovsky who was the president and owners of Yukos Oil & Gas, My Boss got =
arrested and sentense to 9 years inprisoned for his Involvement in politics =
by financing the leading and opposing political parties.

I have a profiling amount in excess of [$16 million US Dollars], which I seek =
your Partnership in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 30% =
percent of the total sum for your partnership. Already the funds have left =
the shore of Russia to a European private Bank where the final crediting is =
expected to be carried out.

I have been diagnose with Esophageal cancer which was discovered very late, =
due to my laxity and incaring for my health. It has defiled all forms of =
medicine, and right now I have only about few months to live, according to =
medical experts and currentlly taking Treatment now in Dubai U.A.E .

YOUR ROLE: 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 want to know if you can be of good help to dispatch this fund into charity =
organisation and for the developments of poor community and aid for the less =
privileged people.

I have set aside 30% percent of the total amount for you for your time and =
patience, May God be with you as you have decided to take a bold step to help =
and heal the world with me.

I also urge you to go through the website in order for you to see what the =
company have been going for some time now.

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://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3D4105663
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=3Dstory&u=3D=
/ap/20050531/ap_on_bi_ge/russia_khodorkovsky

Please do note that i will be waiting for your promt response on the email =
address below.

igordolo@myway.com

Thank you for your time and attention.

Best Regards

Mr Igors Dolomanovs
Yukos Oil & Gas

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