419 scam: CHINH LE CONG <lechinh@sacombank.com.vn> ZAKEN PARTNER GEZOCHT

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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 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.
- le.chinhc675@yahoo.com.vn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CHINH LE CONG <lechinh@sacombank.com.vn>
Reply-To: le.chinhc675@yahoo.com.vn
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 07:10:44 +1100
Subject: ZAKEN PARTNER GEZOCHT

ZAKEN PARTNER GEZOCHT
PLEASE FOR CONFIDENTIALITY REASONS CONTACT ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL
ADDRESS:
le.chinhc675@yahoo.com.vn

Dear Partner,

I am Le Cong Chinh, worker at SACOMBANK (VIETNAM), a business partner with
Bruce Misamore who was 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 reputable financial institution with it's branches all over
the world).

SOURCE OF FUNDS: I have a profiling amount in an excess of 68,000,000.00
dollars (sixty eight million US dollars) which I seek your Partnership in
accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 20% of the total sum for your
partnership. Can you be my partner on this? The funds have already left the
shores of Russia through diplomatic means to Sacombank (Vietnam), then finally
transferred in 2004 to a European firm where the final crediting is
expected to
be carried out. While he was in the process, his 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 former
President Vladimir Putin Second Tenure who was then the Russian president.
You can catch more of the story on This website:

http://www.supportmbk.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-khodorkovsky
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html

YOUR ROLE: All my partner (Bruce Misamore) and myself (Le Cong Chinh)
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 firm transfer
the sum to you. He has decided to use this sum to relocate to a different
continent and never to be connected to any of Mikhail khodorkovsky
conglomerates. The transaction has to be concluded within 5 to 10
working days,
as soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me.

It is very important for you to contact me through fax and Email:
E-mail: le.chinhc675@yahoo.com.vn
Fax: +65 6826-4302 (SINGAPORE)

with the following information:

Your full Name:
Telephone/Fax:
Profession:
Age:
E-mail address:

With this information I can provide you with more details and documents
concerning myself, this transaction and how we will carry out the procedure
immediately. Investing in your country with you representing us will be
appreciated if your business ideas are good, please state your business ideas
in your reply, if you don't have any, you will be advised on how to go
about it
during the procedure. It is important that you keep the contents of
the mail to
yourself due the huge amount involved and the fact that this transaction does
not need unnecessary attention.

Thank you very much.
Regards,
Le Cong Chinh

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