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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "keep this confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "j'ai une nouvelle adresse mail" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • inna229@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Inna=20Khodorkovsky?= <inna229@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: inna@munich.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 20:48:20 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Funds


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : inna229@yahoo.fr

DEAR SIR,


I HAVE JUST GOT INFORMATION FROM MY HUSBAND MIKHAIL BORIS KHODORKOVSKY THAT HE HAS INFORMED HIS SECURITY DEPOSITORS TO MOVE THE SUM OF $50,000,000 (FIFTY MILLION US DOLLARS) DEPOSITED WITH THEM IN A PRIVATE VAULT OUT OF RUSSIA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RUSSIAN AUTHOURITIES CONFISCATE THE FUNDS AND HE HAS INSTRUCTED ME TO GET INTOUCH WITH A RELIABLE PERSONALITY I CAN TRUST,



THE SECURITY DEPOSITORS HAS AGREED THAT THEY WOULD MOVE THIS FUNDS TO A SISTER COMPNAY OUTSIDE RUSSIA.


PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN COLLECT THIS FUNDS AS SOON AS IT GETS OUT OF RUSSIA, THERE MIGHT NOT BE TOO MUCH TIME TO WASTE SINCE THE SECURITY COMPANY IS EXPECTING TO FORWARD THE NAME OF THE BENEFICIARY OF THIS FUNDS TO THEIR SISTER COMPANY WITH THE FUNDS FOR DELIVERY.


IF YOU CAN PLEASE CONFIRM THIS IMMEDIATELY, FOR ME TO FORWARD YOUR INFORMATION TO THE SECURITY COMPANY.


REGARDS.


INNA KHODORKOVSKY






Note: Please keep this

confidential; we can't afford more political problems. Finally, please

note that this must be concluded within two weeks.



- Inna Khodorkovsky

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