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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: "Boris"<borissladkova@myway.com>
Reply-To: boris.sladkova@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:22:31 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Hello.










Dear Sir,I, representing Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky (M.K.), would like to ask for your partnership in re-profiling funds over US$123 million. I will give the details, but in summary, the funds are in a security vault, Meanwhile, I have worked out the strategies and technincalities where by the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any hitches.Our sharing ratio will be 80% for investment and 15% for your assistance while 5% will be for expenses during the process of the transaction. All the documents to this effect are all in place and if you are interested, Please email me your direct telephone number for discussion of this transaction and further details. Finally, please note that this must be concluded within a short time. Write me back. I look forward to it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_KhodorkovskyMr.Boris.



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