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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)
  • "i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • kimaeva101@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: lliqudmila kimaeva <lliqudmila@lliqudmila.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:15:18 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Dear Friend,


Dear Friend,
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business having gone through your remarkable profile on the internet. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication.
However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such. At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties. I am Liqudmila
Kimaeva, 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 in accommodating 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 below or you can watchmore 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 MikhailKhodorkovsky is out on bail.
As soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude this transaction withme, 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: kimaeva101@netscape.net

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