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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)
  • "million us 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)
  • "million 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)
  • ",000,000" (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.
  • borisvolkov1960@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Boris" <borisvitalisvolkov@excite.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:23:41 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: GET BACK IMMEDIATELY!!!




Attn:



ENDEAVOUR TO READ THIS CAREFULLY AND GET BACK

TO ME ON MY PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS BELOW borisvolkov1960@myway.comMy name is Boris V.Volkov (MR), and an investor in one of the bigest oil Company here in MOSCOW. I have a very important proporal and a private offer for you and i know that it will profit us at the end of the day. I am just asking for your partnership to re-profile some offshore investment funds worth over US$38,000,000.00 (Thirty Eight Million United States Dollars). I am constrained however to withold most of the details for now. But in summary the invested funds are in a bank in western Europe, we need to terminate this investments and re-profile the funds over to you for certain reasons. This is due to the major problem between the Russia government and the Company which we are investor in Russia under (YUKOS OIL). This is a legitimate and risk free transaction, if we are agreed on the terms you will be paid 30% for "re-profiling and subsequent management of the funds" . If you are interested,please write
back by email to borisvolkov1960@myway.com please with your trusted personal telephone numbers and email address and I will give you further details.Following our intention to carry out this laudable project expediently we however, succeeded in transferring part of this amount (money) precisely US$10M (Ten Million US Dollars) only into a Foreign Bank Account in CANADA, but the provider of the Account is up to some mischief and refused to comply with our earlier mutual agreement insisting that 50% of the total sum shall be hers and has to be paid into her account in CANADA. Knowing fully Well that due to the situation i find myself with the RUSSIAN government,i will comply with her intention.that her 40% should be deducted and be paided into her nominated Bank Account immediately to avoid any futher delay on this project.Believe and concluded that if in the firstsuccessful transfer of US$10M (Ten Million US$ Dollars) we were not compensated how then are we sure that when the
balance of $38 million dollars (Thirty Eight Million Dollars) is transferred into her Account that we will be sure of our due compensation.Note that my LAWYER is presently in Europe for now due to this project,as soon as you get back to me with a positive result we WILL proceed on this project immediately.Your personal telephone number is required for proper communication please.Note that this proposal is not from my Company or my Company's proposal, but from an individual/person.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.Your maximum confidencial is required on this investment, do not dispose this project. Best regards,



Mr.Vitalis B. Volkov.Private email :address

borisvolkov1960@myway.com

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