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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: "Mrs Ahat Sosntskaya" <ahatsos@msn.com>
Reply-To: ahatsos11@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 16:02:07 +0000
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL(STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL)

URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL(STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL)
FROM: MRS. AHAT SOSNITSKAYA

MY NAME IS MRS. AHAT SOSNITSKAYA, PERSONAL SECRETARY
TO MR. BORIS MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY, OWNER OF YUKOS OIL
IN RUSSIA WHO WAS JAILED DURING THE PRECEDING WEEKS
FOR FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES (THE UNION OF RIGHT FORCES, LED BY BORIS
NEMTSOV AND YABLOKO,
LIBERAL/SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY LED BY GREGOR YAVLINSKY. BOTH PARTIES WERE
OPPOSED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MR. VLADMIR PUTIN, THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA
FEDERATION, THEREBY LEADING TO THE FREEZING OF HIS FINANCES AND ASSETS.
I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF FUNDS WHICH WAS DEPOSITED WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN
THE UK. I FOUND THESE DOCUMENTS WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH HIS PRIVATE CABINET
AFTER HIS ARREST AND TRIAL. I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST ME TO RE-PROFILE
THE FUNDS AND EQUALLY TRANSFER THE CONSIGNMENT OF THIS MONEY TO YOUR CUSTODY
FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE RE-PROFILLED
IS FIFTEEN MILLION U.S.DOLLARS (USD$15,000,000.00) AND YOU WILL HAVE A
COMMISSION OF 30% FOR YOUR SERVICES. AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE, I
WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION.


NB: YOU CAN READ MORE OF HIS ORDEAL FROM THESE WEBSITES FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON MR. BORIS MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0920791.html
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/may2005/nf20050517_1831_db016.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStories
http://www.khodorkovskytrial.com/

YOU CAN REACH ME IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO WORK WITH ME IN THIS BUSINESS AND
CLAIM THIS MONEY THEN I SHALL GIVE YOU DETAILS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU.
REAGRDS,
MRS. AHAT SOSNITSKAYA


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