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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:

• 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: "Rigo Feretz" <feretzrigo12@ig.com.br>
Reply-To: mzako@live.com
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:53:47 +0100
Subject: Reply


Dear Partner,


I am Mr. Rigo Feretz a personal chief financial 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 Branches all over the
world).


SOURCE OF FUNDS: I have a profiling amount in an excess of Twenty six
million, five hundred thousand dollar which I seek your Partnership in
accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 10% of the total sum for
your partnership. Already the funds have left the shore of Russia through
diplimatic means to a European Holding firm where the final crediting is
expected to be carried out. While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested
for his Involvement in politics 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 threat
to President Vladimir Putin Second Tenure as Russian President.


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 Holding firm transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use
this sum to relocate to American continent and never to be connected to any
of Mikhail khodorkovsky conglomerates. The transaction has to be concluded
within 5 to 10 bank working days, as soon as I confirm your readiness to
conclude the transaction with me. Contact me via my private email:
feretzz@live.com so that I can furnish you with more details.Thank you very
much.


Rigo Feretz [Mr]

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