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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: "Igor Filippenko" <igor_fi1@msn.com>
Reply-To: igor_fi@msn.com
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:17:32 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT!

Dear Sir,

I represent a top company executive in Russia. My name is Igor Filippenko
and I am the Personal Accountant to the organization I have a very sensitive
and private offer from this top executive to ask for your partnership to
re-profile some offshore investment funds worth over US$200,000,000 (Two
Hundred Million United States Dollars). I am constrained however to withold
most of the details for now. But in summary the invested funds are in a bank
in western Europe, we need to terminate this investments and re-profile the
funds over to you for certain reasons. This is due to the major shake ups
and on going economic re-structuring policy in Russia presently. This is a
legitimate transaction, if we are agreed on the terms you will be paid 10%
for "re-profiling and subsequent management of the funds" . If you are
interested, please write back by email to:
igor_fi@msn.com

Provide me with your trusted personal telephone numbers and email address
and I will give you further details. Please keep this close to your chest
as much as possible; we cannot afford any political problems.

Write me back. I look forward to it.
Best regards,
Igor Filippenko (Mr.)


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