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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: "V.Oleg" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <olegvedernikov@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 10:51:34 +1100
Subject: Info On My Client

Greetings,

My name is Vedernikov Oleg, family Legal representative to the former President of Kyrgyzstan, President Kurmanbek Bakiev who was accused of ransacking the state treasury before he fled Bishkek during the revolution. When the revolt took place, Bakiyev was headed to the US for a series of meetings in Washington. For more information, please refer to http://publicintelligence.net/former-kyrgyzstan-president-looted-banks-prior-to-revolution/


His youngest son, Maksim Bakiyev, was suspected to have transferred about $35 million of a $300 million loan from Russia into his private bank accounts. On June 14, 2010 Maksim was arrested in the UK when he landed at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire in a privately hired jet. The interim Kyrgyz government is demanding his extradition. This you can verify also on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurmanbek_Bakiyev

Maksin Bakiev deposited money in a Security vault abroad in my name when the saga went very wild. As if he knew what the future held for him and his father, he authorized me to seek a foreign assistance to invest the funds on a long term return on investment. On this note, I write to you.

Meanwhile, nobody knows that the money belongs to the Kurmanbek Bakiev family. All legal documents to back up your claim as my investment partner will be provided, All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.

For working with me on this partnership, you will be entitled to 30% of the total funds. This transaction will be executed under a legitimate framework that will protect you from any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential, whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response.

Kindly email me back on my private email {oleg.vedernikov@y7mail.com}

Vedernikov Oleg

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