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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Larisa Nitskaya" <lar_nitskaya05@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:25:37 +0000
Subject: ATTN URGENT:


      DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS MRS.LARISA NITSKAYA, PERSONAL SECRETARY TO
MR.BORIS MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY, THE ARRESTED
CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND BANK MENATEP SPB IN
RUSSIA. I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF
FUNDS WHICH HE HANDED OVER TO ME 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.
AFTER SEARCHING THROUGH THE BOOKS OF YOUR COUNTRY'S
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES HERE IN RUSSIA I
AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST ME TO RE-PROFILE THE FUNDS
AND EQUALLY INVEST SAME ON HIS BEHALF. THE TOTAL
AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE RE-PROFILLED IS EIGHTY SIX
MILLION DOLLARS (USD$86,000,000.00) AND YOU WILL BE
PAID 30% FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE, I WILL SEND YOU
THE NECESSARY DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION.

YOURS SINCERELY,

MRS.LARISA NITSKAYA.
Email:nitskayla@walla.com
 

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