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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:
  • "million united states 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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • igorfilippenko07@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • filippenigr007@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: fili ppenkos <fili@ppenkosfili.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 15:29:21 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Hello My Friend,


Hello My Friend,
I represent a top company executive in Russia . My name is Igor Filippenko and I am the Personal Accountant to the organization I have a very sensitive and private offer from this top executive to ask for your partnership to re-profile some offshore investment funds worth over US$18,000,000 (Eighteen Million United States Dollars). I am constrained however to withhold most of the details for now. But in summary the invested funds are in a bank in Western Europe , we need
to terminate these investments and re-profile the funds over to you for certain reasons. This is due to the major shake ups and on going economic re-structuring policy in Russia presently. This is a legitimate transaction, if we are agreed on the terms you will be paid 10% for "re-profiling and subsequent management of the funds”. If you are interested, please write back
by email to:igorfilippenko07@myway.com or filippenigr007@yahoo.co.uk
Provide me with your trusted personal telephone numbers and email address and I will give you further details.
Please keep this close to your chest as much as possible; we cannot afford any political problems. Write me back. I look forward to it.
Best regards,
Mr. Igor Filippenko.

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