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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: TH SA <THSA78@web.de>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 05:53:24 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: ZAKEN PARTNER GEZOCHT

 

ZAKEN PARTNER GEZOCHT
PLEASE FOR CONFIDENTIALITY REASONS CONTACT ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS: congle.chinh79@yahoo.com.vn


Dear Partner,
 

I am Le Cong Chinh, worker at SACOMBANK (VIETNAM), a business partner with Bruce Misamore who was 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 reputable financial institution with it's branches all over the world).
 

SOURCE OF FUNDS: I have a profiling amount in an excess of 68,000,000.00 dollars (sixty eight million US dollars) which I seek your Partnership in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 20% of the total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this? The funds have already left the shores of Russia through diplomatic means to Sacombank (Vietnam), then finally transferred in 2004 to a European firm where the final crediting is expected to be carried out. While he was in the process, his 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 threat to former President Vladimir Putin Second Tenure who was then the 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 my partner (Bruce Misamore) and myself (Le Cong Chinh) 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 firm transfer the sum to you. He has decided to use this sum to relocate to a different continent and never to be connected to any of Mikhail khodorkovsky conglomerates. The transaction has to be concluded within 5 to 10 working days, as soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me.
 


It is very important for you to contact me through fax and Email:
E-mail:  congle.chinh79@yahoo.com.vn
Fax:  +65 6826-4302  (SINGAPORE)


with the following information:
 

Your full Name:
Telephone/Fax:
Profession:
Age:
E-mail address:


With this information I can provide you with more details and documents concerning myself, this transaction and how we will carry out the procedure immediately. Investing in your country with you representing us will be appreciated if your business ideas are good, please state your business ideas in your reply, if you don't have any, you will be advised on how to go about it during the procedure. It is important that you keep the contents of the mail to yourself due the huge amount involved and the fact that this transaction does not need unnecessary attention.


Thank you very much.
Regards,
Le Cong Chinh

  

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