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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: Yulina Gutseriyev <yugts1@list.ru>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:34:15 -0400
Subject: Please confirm receipt!!!

 

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Dear friend,

Forgive my indignation if this message got to you as a surprise and may
offend your personality for being contacted without your prior consent and
writing through this channel. In a brief introduction, I am Mrs. Yulina
Gutseriyev, the wife of Russian multi billionaire Mr. Mikhail
Gutseriyev's, the former owner of Russneft Oil Company in Russia, an
integrated and advance growing industry, which makes a net capital close
to Three Billion Dollars annually. Some few month back, my husband was
forced to resign as the owner of the company because of an allegation laid
upon them over a 'surplus' 60,000 metric tons of oil produced by a company
subsidiary, adding that next to the 15 million tons of the company's
annual output in 2006, it was a very small amount compare to what other
companies owned by the past president loyalist makes annually. This whole
problems stem from my husband's conflict with the Kremlin and the
reluctance to sell his company. He set himself on a collision course with
the Kremlin by buying some of the embattled oil company Yukos' assets
shortly before it was declared bankrupt. As a result of the allegation,
all our accounts were frozen and properties confiscated except for a
profiling amount of USD Million in cash, properly insured and sealed under
the UN diplomatic core, which my husband starched with a depository firm
in Europe for our future upkeep in the case of such matters and now that
we are in currently seeking refuge in a very confidential location, he
asked me to source for a God fearing individual who will stand as the
beneficiary of the above quoted sum and also make immediate preparations
to relocate us once the funds are secured. For your assistance in
embarking on this task for us, you will receive 25% of the total funds
once the transaction is completed.

If you know you can do this, contact me via my private box:
yulingts@mail.ru so that I can furnish you with more details.

I await your reply,

Regards,
Mrs. Yulina Gutseriyev.


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