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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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Fraud email example:

From: "GLOIRA PHILIP" <gloria.philip@74mail.ru>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 15:34:02 +0000
Subject: Attention friend


Attn

I am Ms Gloria Philip,personal assistant to Mikhail
Khodorkovsky,once rated as the richest man in Russia and
owner of 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 Eleven Million
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars(US$11.5M), which I seek you
to accommodate for me. You will be rewarded with 30% of
the total sum for your partnership, Can you handle this?.

As his personal assistant, I was authorized to transfer
money of an American oil merchant for his last oil deal
with my boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

The funds have since left the shores of America to an
African private financial institution where the final
crediting is 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 posed
as a threat to President Vladimir Putin's second Tenure as
Russian president. Since then, I have placed on hold all
transactions concerning this amount. You can catch more of
the story on this website:

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://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html

YOUR ROLE:

Since most of his accounts is closed and unrecorded and
huge amount of money have been withdrawn out all I need
from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above
mentioned sum and I will re-profile the funds with your
data, which will enable the bank to transfer the sum to
you.
I have decided to use this sum to relocate to a country as
soon as the funds are transfered to you and never to be
connected to any of Mikhail Khodorkovsky conglomerates.
Presently I am in a hide out now and can not say where i
am now for my life sake.

The transaction has to be concluded as soon and as I
confirm your readiness to proceed with me, I will provide
you with details.

Thank you very much.

Regards,
Ms Gloria Philip

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