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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: Miss Larisa Sosnitskaya <info@lr.ru>
Reply-To: larisasosnitskaya202@vf.vc
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 05:14:25 +0900
Subject: Compensation



I am Larisa Sosnitskaya and I represent Mr. Mikhail Borisovich
Khodorkovsky the former C.E.O of
Yukos Oil Company in Russia,who was arrested by the Russian
Government.I have a very sensitive and
confidential brief from this top (oligarch) to ask for your
partnership in re-profiling funds
amounting to the tune of US$46 Million.I will give the details, but in
summary, the funds are
coming via Bank Menatep.

You will be paid 20% as your commission/compensation for your active
efforts and contributions to
the success of this transaction.

You can catch more of the story on this website below or you can watch
more of CNN or BBC to get
more news about my boss.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm

If you are interested, please do indicate by providing me with the following
details:Email-larisasosnitskaya202@vf.vc

Your full names and address, your confidential telephone and fax
numbers, Age, Sex, Marital
Status, Occupation and a copy of either your International passport or
drivers License for
identification purpose.

Please keep this confidential as we cannot afford more political problems.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Regards,
Larisa Sosnitskaya

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