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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 about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Larisa Nitskaya" <mrs_nitskaya@sympatico.ca>
Reply-To: mbk_112@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:57:43 +0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

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 AMOUNTOF FUNDS TO
BE RE-PROFILLED IS EIGHTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS (USD$86,000,000.00) AND YOU
WILL BE PAID 10% 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.


NB: YOU CAN READ MORE OF HIS ORDEAL FROM:
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11261041
http://www.supportmbk.com
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-Khodorkovsky



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