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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 "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.
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447024056320 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • lmoore_002@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <livingstone_moore@ymail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 04:06:40 +0000
Subject: From Mr. Livingstone Moore (Investment intent)



From Mr. Livingstone Moore (Investment intent) My Good Friend, I know you will definitely take this as a deceptive e mail because of the swindle news we hear everyday. Let me first of all inform you, I got your e.mail id from a mail directory and decided to e.mail you for a permission to go ahead for you have to agree with me that is the easiest way to communicate with you for I don't have any of your contacts.
I am Mr. Livingstone Moore a personal 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 its Branches all over the world) SOURCE OF FUNDS: I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$45.5M, which I seek your Partnership in acommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 30% of The total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this? INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF: As a personal consultant to him, authority Was handed over to me in transfer of money of an American oil merchant For his last oil deal with my boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Already the funds have left the shore of Russia to an European private Bank 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 treat to President Vladimir Putin Second Tenure as Russian president. You can catch more of the story on This website: http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html http://www.supportmbk.com/mbk/mbk_bio.cfm http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Mikhail_B._Khodorkovsky http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/moscow/khodorkovskyinterview.html
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 firm release the funds to you as the beneficiary. I have decided to use this Sum to relocate to your country and never to be connected to any Of Mikhail Khodorkovsky conglomerates. The transaction has to be concluded in 2 weeks before Mikhail Khodorkovsky is out on bail. As soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me, I will provide you with the details.
Thank you very much for your understanding as i will await for your quick response through my private email address ( lmoore_002@yahoo.com.hk) . I can be reached round the clock through this number +447024056320
Warmest Regards Mr. Livingstone Moore ============================================================================================================= This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email

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