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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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Fraud email example:

From: alexandergusinskyru@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:46:04 +0200
Subject: Yukos Oil

From: Alexander Shadrin Gusinsky
Franchise Owner of Yukos Engineering

Dear Sir/Madam,

I have sent you this mail because of the need to open discussions with
you. I don't want you to misunderstand
this offer in any aspect, if it is okay with you I ask for your full
co-operation. I am Alexander Gusinsky,
the Franchise Owner of Yukos Engineering and International Affiliate of
Yukos Oil and Gas Company based in
Russia. Due to ill Health I have been Esophageal Cancer, it has defiled
all forms of medical treatment and
ccording to the medical experts it is a terminal illness so I do not
know how much longer I have to live.
I never had any real friends in my lifetime because I never really
cared for anyone but my business.

But now I know that there is more to live than making all the money in
the world. However, certain unfolding
events has made it very necessary for me to seek your help, my company
is fighting investigations and
Bankruptcy due to the Yukos Oil problems in Russia, most of my assets
were seized due to this case.

Recently I received a bulk payment from South Africa Ministry for my
last contract there. I instructed
them specifically not to send the funds to Russia because of the
problems, but that the funds should be
deposited with a Finance and Security company in Europe on hold. A huge
cash deposit of US$18,000,000.00
(Eighteen Million Dollars) was domiciled with the Finance/Security
Company overseas to my knowledge only.
This is the last of my assets, now that my health has deteriorated so
badly, I cannot do this
Myself anymore, I therefore need you as a partner because you are a
neutral party to help me collect this
fund deposited with the security company and disburse it secretly based
on instructions.

Because my time is short I have decided to give most of this money to
charity organizations, as I want this
to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. For all your good
efforts you will receive 30% of the Funds
and disburse the rest based on instructions. I want you to understand
my seriousness in this case and if you
can handle this transaction, kindly contact me via this email:
alexandergusinskyru@hotmail.com, I have all
the necessary documents on hand,

Please contact me ASAP so we can discuss more.

Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

Best Regards,
Alexander Gusinsky


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