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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)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
• 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.
  • mikhail_dzyuban02@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Mikhail Dzyuban" <jenni@reedtribe.org>
Reply-To: mikhail_dzyuban02@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:28:59 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL !!!!!!!!

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Mikhail Dzyuban, personal secretary to Mr. Boris Mikhail

Khodorkovsky, the arrested Chairman/CEO of Yukos oil and bank Menatep
SPB Russia, who is presently in jail.

I am contacting for a very important transaction, I have the documents
of a large amount of funds which he handed over to me before he
detained and has been sentenced to jail for taxes evasion and funds
embezzlements (the union of right forces, led by Mr. Boris Nemtsov and
Yabloko,
a
liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor Yavlinsky) opposed to the

government of Mr. Vladmir Putin, the president thereby leading to the
freezing his finances and assets.

I am contacting you to assist me to re-profile this fund and equally
invest this fund in your country. The total amount of these funds to be

re-profiled is forty six million dollars (USD46, 000,000.00) and you
will be getting 20% for your assistance.

I shall furnish you with necessary information?s and my identifications

as soon I receive your acceptance in my private mail box
(mikhail_dzyuban02@yahoo.com) I assure you that this transaction is
100% risk free as I have planed out all modalities to execute this
transaction.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Mikhail Dzyuban

Please note that your response must be sent to my private email box
(mikhail_dzyuban02@yahoo.com)

NB: I advice you read more of this ordeal from:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3042850.stm
http://www.supportmbk.com

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam