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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:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • amossmith@sify.com
  • amossmith@kaixo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Johnbull Smith <mr_johnbullsmith@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 15:48:54 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PRIVATE & VERY URGENT.


From Mr. Amos Smith
Personal Treasurer
To, Mikhail Khodorkovsky
The Chairman Yokus Oil
My Tel: 44 70 4013 1005
Email: amossmith@sify.com


VERY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Amos Smith {ect} a personal treasurer to
Mikhail Khodorkovsky the rich oil merchant in Russia and
owner of the following Companies: Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL
{Russian Largest Oil Company} Chairman CEO: Menatep
SBP Bank {A well reputable financial institution} SOURCE OF FUNDS:
I have a profound amount in excess of ₤ 35.5M (THIRTY-FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS) which I seek your Partnership to accommodate on my behalf. You will be rewarded with 30% of the total sum for your partnership. Now my question remains if you can be my partner in this business and if I can trust you? If the response is yes Then, I hereby request your full attention and indication to handle this project since I have the authority and power of attorney over the said funds.

Already the funds have left the shore of Russia to Offshore Security Company
FIRST DIAMOND SECURITY AND FINNACE {F.D.S} in HOLLAND Western Europe via Lloyds Bank TSB Ireland, where it was deposited with a coded name and where the final crediting is expected to be carried out.

While I was still in the process, my Boss got arrested for his involvement in politics by financing the leading and opposing political parties {The Union of Right Forces, Led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party Led by Gregory Yavlinsky} which Poses a threat to President Vladimir Put in Second Tenure as Russian president. You can see more of the story on this website: www.yukos.com <http://www.yukos.com/

YOUR ROLE: All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum and I will re-profile the funds with your Name, which will enable the Offshore Security and Europe credit commission hand over the funds to you. I have decided to use this Sum to relocate to another continent for investments and never to be connected to any Of Mikhail Khodorkovsky Conglomerates.

The transaction has to be concluded soon and as I confirm your readiness to travel to Holland for the clearing of the fund from the security company, I will provide you with the full details and all the necessary document that will help you claim the funds for our mutual benefit.

Thank you very much, for your anticipated co-operation.
Please, reply to my above E-mailbox or: amossmith@kaixo.com

My Best Regards,
Mr. Amos Smith{ect}

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