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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: "Jessica Williams" <j_w0122@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jessy_w969@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2005 00:21:10 +0000
Subject: contact me

MRS.JESSICA WILLIAMS
CENTRAL ACCOUNTING UNIT
YUKOS OIL COPORATION
RUSSIA.

ASALAM.

MY NAME IS MRS.JESSICA WILLIAMS,I WORK WITH THE
CENTRAL ACCOUNTING UNIT OF YUKOS OIL COPORATION IN RUSSIA.
I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF FUNDS FOR ANAETHESIA GROUP PTY
IN OUR CENTRAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM A COMPANY SECRETLY
OWNED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF YUKOS OIL COPORATION,MR
MIKHAIL BORIS KHODORKOVSKY WHO WAS RECENTLY JAILED FOR
FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES IN RUSSIA(the union of
right forces, led by Boris nemtsov, and yabloko, a
liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor
yavlinsky).
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f13f7d22-b0cb-11d9-9bfc-
00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html>
<http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=87eece8b-6188-46e4-
915e-5c1b8d20858c>
<http://www.canada.com/news/world/story.html?id=87eece8b-6188-46e4-
915e-5c1b8d20858c>
http://news.ft.com/cms/s/dbf849d8-b195-11d9-8c61-
00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS IN THE CENTRAL ACCOUNTING
SYSTEM DUE FOR PAYMENT TO ANAETHESIA GROUP PTY IS
FIFTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
(USD$55,000,000.00). DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS FINANCES AND ASSESTS HAVE
BEEN FROZEN BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNEMENT,HIS
WIFE(MRS.INNA KHODORKOVSKY)HAS APPROACHED ME TO GET AN
INDIVIDUAL OR PREFERABLY A COMPANY TO HELP REPROFILE
THE FUNDS IN THEIR NAME AND CONSEQUENTLY GET THEM
TRANSFERRED OUT OF RUSSIA FOR INVESTMENT ON THEIR
BEHALF. I AM CONTACTING YOU IN THIS REGARDS BECAUSE SHE HAS
AGREED TO COMPENSATE US WITH 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM.
AS SOON AS I GET YOUR RESPONSE,I WILL SEND YOU THE
NECESSARY DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION.

REGARDS,
MRS.JESSICA WILLIAMS
REPLY ME AT THIS EMAIL:jessy_w969@yahoo.com


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