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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Larisa Sosnitskaya" <layaari@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: layaari11@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 06:50:31 +0100
Subject:

Hello Dear,

My name is Mrs. Larisa Sosnitskayaa, personal secretary to Mr. Boris Mikhail Khodorkovsky, owner of Yukos oil in Russia who has been in detention since October 2003 and was jailed on may 16th 2005 for financing political parties (the union of right forces, led by Boris nemtsov, and yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor yavlinsky) which are Opposed to the government of Mr.Vladmir Putin, the president thereby leading to the freezing of his finances and assets.

I have the documents of a large amount of funds that he gave to me before his arrest and trial and I am contacting you to assist me to re-profile the funds and equally invest it on his behalf in your country.

The total amount of funds to be re-profiled is Four million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States dollars (USD$4,750,000.00) and you will be paid 20% for your management services.

As soon as I receive your acceptance, I will send you the necessary details. Kindly send your response thru my private email address:

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Larisa Sosnitskayaa

NB: You can read more of his ordeal from:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/a0920791.html
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/may2005/nf20050517_1831_db016.htm? Campaign_id=rss_topstories
http://www.khodorkovskytrial.com

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