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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: =?UTF-8?B?Ik5pa29sYXlTaW50c292Ig==?= <nikolaysintsov8@terra.com>
Date:
Subject:

=E2=80=8B

Good day,

I am Nikola= y Sintsov, personal assistant to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, oncerated as the ric= hest man in Russia and owner of YUKOS OIL (Russianlargest oil company),chai= rman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (a well reputablefinancial institution with its = branches all over theworld).

SOURCE OF FUNDS:

I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$40.5M, wh= ich I seek youto accommodate for me. You will be rewarded with 40% of the t= otal sumfor yourpartnership. Can you handle this? As his personal assistant= , I wasauthorized totransfer money of an American oil merchant for his last= oil deal withmy bossMikhail Khodorkovsky.


The funds have since left the shores of Americato a European privat= e financial institution where the final creditingis to becarried out. While= I was on the process, my boss got arrested for hisinvolvement in politics = by financing the leading and opposing politicalparties(the Union of Right F= orces, led by BorisNemtsov, and Yabloko, aliberal/socialdemocratic party le= d by Gregor Yavlinsky), which posed as a threat to

President Vladimir Putin's second Tenure as Russian president. Sincethen, = Ihave placed on hold all transactions concerning this amount. You cancatch = moreof the story on thiswebsite:

http://www.yukos.= com
http://news.ft.com/cms/4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.h= tml
http://www.hoovers.com/yukos/--ID__53700--/free-co-factsheet.= xhtml
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
<= div>
YOUR ROLE:

All I need from you = is to stand as the beneficiary of the abovementioned sum and I will re-prof= ile the funds with your data, whichwill enablethe financial firm transfer t= he sum to you. I have decided to use thissum torelocate to a safer country,= and never to be connected to any ofMikhailKhodorkovsky conglomerates.

Presently I am in London, for a hide out.Thetransactio= n has to be concluded as soon and as I confirm your readinesstoproceed with= me, I will provide you with details.

Thank you ve= ry
Email: nikolaysintsov994@gmail.com
Regards,
Nikolay Sintsov.

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