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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.
  • ludvigmaksim@aim.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ludvigmaksim@terra.es" <ludvigmaksim@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 03:28:25 +0100 (MET)
Subject: KINDLY ASSIST WITH SINCERITY






MR LUDVIG MAKSIM
CENTRAL ACCOUNTING UNIT
YUKOS OIL CORPORATION
RUSSIA.


ATTN: FRIEND

MY NAME IS MR LUDVIG MAKSIM,I WORK WITH THE CENTRAL ACCOUNTING UNIT OF YUKOS OIL COPORATION IN RUSSIA.
I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF FUNDS FOR ANAETHESIA GROUP PTY IN OUR CENTRAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM A COMPANY SECRETLY OWNED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF YUKOS OIL CORPORATION,MR MIKHAIL BORIS KHODORKOVSKY WHO WAS JAILED FOR FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES IN RUSSIA(the union of Right Forces, led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a iberal/Social Democratic Party led by Gregor Yavlinsky) A VIEW OF HIS ASPIRATIONS;
www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/moscow/khodorkovskyinterview

THIS TELLS YOU ABOUT THE WORLD'S VIEW ON HIS PERSONALITY AND POLITICALLY MOTIVATED TRIAL;
www.khodorkovskytrial.com/media/20050411-0417.cfm

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS IN THE CENTRAL ACCOUNTING SYSTEM DUE FOR PAYMENT TO ANAETHESIA GROUP PTY IS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS(USD$155,000,000.00).DUE TO THE FACT THAT HIS FINANCES AND ASSESTS HAVE BEEN FROZEN BY THE
RUSSIAN GOVERNEMENT,HIS WIFE(MRS.INNA KHODORKOVSKY)HAS APPROACHED ME TO GET AN INDIVIDUAL OR PREFERABLY A COMPANY TO HELP REPROFILE THE FUNDS IN THEIR NAME AND CONSEQUENTLY GET THEM TRANSFERRED OUT OF RUSSIA FOR INVESTMENT ON THEIR BEHALF. I AM CONTACTING YOU IN THIS REGARDS BECAUSE SHE HAS AGREED TO COMPENSATE US WITH 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM.

AS SOON AS I GET YOUR RESPONSE,I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION.
EMAIL: ludvigmaksim@aim.com

REGARDS
MR LUDVIG MAKSIM





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