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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: "Nes Steven" <nesteven2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: nesteven2@yahoo.de
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 04:25:31 -0600
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP

DEAR FRIEND,

I HAVE A PROFILING AMOUNT IN AN EXCESS Of US$523 MILLION DOLARS
IN WHICH I SEEK YOUR PARTNERSHIP IN ACCOMMODATING FOR ME. YOU
WILL BE REWARDED WITH 30% Of THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.
CAN YOU BE MY PARTNER ON THIS? INTRODUCTION Of MYSELF:

I AM MR NELSON STEVEN, 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 HBOS TRESURY SERVICES PLC UK, 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 HBOS TRESURY SERVICES PLC UK TRANSFER THE SUM TO YOU. I HAVE
DECIDED TO USE THIS SUM TO RELOCATE TO AMERICAN CONTINENT AND NEVER
TO BE CONNECTED TO ANY OF MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY CONGLOMERATES. THE
TRANSACTION HAS TO BE CONCLUDED IN TWO WEEKS BEFORE MIKHAIL
KHODORKOVSKY IS OUT ON BAIL. AS SOON AS I GET YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
COMPLY, I WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BEST REGARDS.
MR NELSON STEVEN


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