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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "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)
• This email message is a "Yukos oil" scam. The criminals who send such emails have no connection to Yukos Oil. The emails are usually sent from Nigeria. The only money that ever changes hands in this scam is from you to the criminals.
• 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.
  • kimaeva47lig@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Liqudmila Kimaeva" <link__00002@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 06:24:40 -0500
Subject: ASSISTANT NEEDED

ASSISTANT NEEDED


Dear Friend,

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this importantbusiness havinggone
through your
remarkable profile onthe internet. Though, this medium (Internet) has been
greatly abused, I choose to reach you through itbecause it still remains the
fastest
medium of communication.

However, this correspondence is unofficial andprivate, and it should be
treated as
such. At first Iwill like to assure you that this transaction is 100%risk
and trouble
free to both parties. I am LiqudmilaKimaeva, a personal assistant secretary
to
Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky the Richest man in Russia and
owner of the following companies:Chairman CEO:YUKOS OIL (Russian Second
Largest Oil
Company) Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable financial
institution with
its Branches all over the world).SOURCE OF FUNDS:I have a profiling amount
in an
excess of $10.5 MILLION US DOLLARS,which I seek your Partnership
inaccommodating for
me. You will be rewarded with 20 % of The total sum for your partnership.
Can you be
my partner on this?

INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF:

As a personal consultant to him, authority Was handed over to me in transfer
of money
of an American oil merchant For his last oil deal with my boss Mikhail
Khodorkovsky before he was arrested.Already the funds have left the shore of
Russia
to a Security company in European.The funds was directed into the security
company to
advert Tax and the cost of transfer where the funds will release to you as
the
beneficiary.While I was on 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
Gregor Yavlinsky) which poses treat to President Vladimir Putin Second
Tenure as
Russian president.You can catch more of the story on This website belowor
you can
watch more of CCN or BBC to get more news about my boss.

http://www.mosnews.com/mn-files/khodorkovsky.shtml
http://www.mbktrial.com/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/04/11/041.html
http://www.nndb.com/people/633/000025558/

Although, I do not know you in person, I have received your contact via,
personal
search while seeking a reliable but obscure individual to assist me in this
pending transaction. It became necesary for me to seek your assistance as I
want you
to assist in investing my share of the money in your country.

YOUR ROLE:

All I need from you is to act as the beneficiary of the Above quoted Sum and
I will
re-profile the funds with your name as the beneficiary.I have decided to use
this sum
to relocate to American continent and never to be connected to any Of
Mikhail
Khodorkovsky conglomerates.The transaction has to be concluded in one month
before
Mikhail Khodorkovsky is out on bail.As soon as I confirm your readiness to
conclude
this transaction with me, I Will provide you with the
details.

Thank you very much. Contact me only via my email below.

Regards,
Liqudmila Kimaeva (Miss)
OCCUPATION : PERSONAL ASSISTANT.
COMPANY WEBSITE : www.yukos.com
REACH ME VIA MY CURRENT EMAIL ADDRESS:
kimaeva47lig@netscape.net

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