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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: "zakharov serhnei" <zsergnei@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: zakharov_srg1@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2005 11:12:01 +0100
Subject: BENEFICIAL PROPOSITION

Dear friend,

I have a profiling amount in an excess of over EUR45M,which I seek your partnership in accommodating for me.You will be rewarded with 15% of the total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this?

INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF:
I am Mr.Zakharov Serguei, a personal secretary to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the richest man in Russia and owner of the following companies:Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Most Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable financial institution with its branches all over the world)

SOURCE OF FUNDS:
The documents of the above funds in question was handed over to me to be used in payment of an American oil merchant for his last oil deal with my boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Already the funds have been deposited with a Bank in Europe where the final crediting is expected to be carried out. While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested for his involvement on politics in 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 treat to President Vladimir Putin second tenure as Russian president. You can catch more of the story on
this http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html

YOUR ROLE:
All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum and I will arrange for the documentation which will enable the Bank transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use this sum to relocate to another continent entirely and never to be connected to any of Mikhail Khodorkovsky conglomerates. The transaction has to be concluded in 2 weeks before Mikhail Khodorkovsky is out on bail.
Thank you very much
Email:(zakharov_srg@yahoo.com)
Regards

Zakharov Serguei.

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