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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: "Nikolay Sintsov" <nikosinto4@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 04:51:26 +0800
Subject: A VERY INTERESTING PROPOSAL

Good day,

I am Nikolay Sintsov, 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 US$40.5M, which I seek you to
accommodate
for me. You will be rewarded with 40% 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 a European 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.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12082222
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/mikhail_b_khodorkovsky/index.html
http://www.winne.com/topinterviews/khodorkovsky.htm
http://www.infoplease.com/movies/khodorkovsky/116491

YOUR ROLE:

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 financial
firm
transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use this sum to relocate to the
American
continent and never to be connected to any of Mikhail Khodorkovsky
conglomerates,
presently I am in London, for a hideout,

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,
Nikolay Sintsov.






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