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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: "Mr. YURIY LAGUTIN" <mryuriylagutin@k.ro> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrlagutin@k.ro
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:44:46 +0400
Subject: Mr Yuriy

Dear Sir,
I am YURIY LAGUTIN and I represent Mr. Mikhail Khordokovsky the former
C.E.O of Yukos Oil Company in Russia. I have a very sensitive and
confidential brief from this top (oligarch) to ask for your partnership
in re-profiling funds over US$250 million. I will give the details, but
in summary, the funds are coming via Bank Menatep. This is a legitimate
transaction. You will be paid 4% for your "management fees".
If you are interested, please write back by email
mrlagutin@k.ro and provide me with your confidential
telephone number, fax number and email address and I will provide
further details and instructions. Please keep this confidential; we can’t
afford more political problems. Finally, please note that this must be
concluded within two weeks. Please write back promptly.I will also
suggest you visit these news sites on the internet to be better informed
about this project.
http://www.winne.com/topinterviews/khodorkovsky.htm
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
http://www.supportmbk.com/mbk/mbk_bio.cfm
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Mikhail_B._Khodorkovsky
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/moscow/khodorkovskyinterview.html
http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/75/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListIdu&passYear
04&passListType=Person&uniqueId=M1IF&datatype=Person
http://mikhail_khodorkovsky_society.blogspot.com/
Write me back. I look forward to it.
Regards
Mr. YURIY LAGUTIN



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