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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • brucemismorexxx@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Bruce Mismore <bruce@mismorebruce.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:19:10 +0100 (CET)
Subject: CONTACT ME ONLY IF INTERESTED


Dear Partner,
I am Mr. Bruce Misamore a personal chief financial treasurer to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the Richest man in Russia and owner of the following companies: Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable financial institution with it´s Branches all over the world)
SOURCE OF FUNDS: I have a profiling amount in an excess of 100,000,000 dollar (one hundred million dollar) which I seek your Partnership in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 10% of the total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this? Already the funds have left the shore of Russia through diplimatic means to a European Holding firm where the final crediting is expected to be carried out. 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:
http://www.supportmbk.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-khodorkovsky http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
YOUR ROLE: All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which will enable the European Holding firm transfer the sum to you. 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 within 5 to 10 bank working days, as soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me. Contact me via my private box: brucemismorexxx@yahoo.com.hk so that I can furnish you with more details.
Thank you very much,
Regards,
Bruce Misamore [Mr]

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