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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: "Tony Hegzero" <tonyhegzero@handbag.com>
Reply-To: tony_hegzero@sify.com
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2005 05:23:26 -0700
Subject: INQUIRY

# 31A, DUBININSKAYA STR.
IRKUTSK REGION ,
RUSSIA .
DEAR FRIEND,
MY NAME IS MR TONY HEGZERO, LONDON RE-LOCATED PERSONAL SECRETARY TO MR.BORIS
MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY. THE ARRESTED CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND BANK MENATEP
SPB IN RUSSIA.
BEFORE HIS ARREST HE HANDED OVER TO ME WITH FULL CONFIDENCE ALL THE INFORMATIONS
OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS KEPT SECRETLY. BEFORE HE WAS DETAINED AND NOW
BEEN TRIED IN RUSSIA FOR FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES (THE UNION OF RIGHT
FORCES, LED BY BORIS NEMTSOV AND YABLOKO, A LIBERAL/SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
LED BY GREGOR YAVLINSKY) OPPOSED TO THE
GOVERNMENT OF MR.VLADMIR PUTIN.
THE PRESIDENT THEREBY LEADING TO THE FREEZING OF HIS FINANCES AND ASSETS.THE
TRANSFER OF THIS IS DESPERATELY NEEDED
WITH DUE RESPECT I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST ME TO RE-PROFILE THE FUNDS
AND EQUALLY INVEST SAME ON HIS BEHALF IN YOUR COUNTRY . THE TOTAL AMOUNT
OF FUNDS TO BE RE-PROFILLED IS FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS
AND YOU WILL BE PAID 25% FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE, I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS
OF THE TRANSACTION.
( Kindly send all correspondence/ response to my confidential email address
: ( (tony_hegzero@sify.com )
YOURS SINCERELY,
MR TONY HEGZERO .
NB: YOU CAN READ MORE OF HIS ORDEAL FROM:
<<http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html>>
<<http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11261041>>
<<http://www.supportmbk.com/>>
<<http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-Khodorkovsky>>





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