419 scam: "Aleksandr Korsunov"<abogado@cet-teruel.org> Hi

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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",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)
- "00,000.00" (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 "Yukos oil" scam. The criminals who send such emails have no connection to Yukos Oil. The emails are usually sent from Nigeria. The only money that ever changes hands in this scam is from you to the criminals.

Fraud email example:

From: "Aleksandr Korsunov" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aleksandrkorsunov01@live.ru>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 03:18:20 +0100
Subject: Hi

I am Aleksandr Korsunov formerly a top Government Official here in Russia. I have a very sensitive and private brief to ask for your partnership to re-profile funds over $19,000,000.00 USD. I will give the details, but in summary, the fund are coming via a Bank in Western Europe. This is a legitimate transaction. You will be paid 35% of these funds as your proposed "Management Fees" just to assist in re-profiling these funds appropriately to a new investment location if I am able to reach terms with you. If you are interested, please write back immediately and I will provide further details. Please keep this communication close to your chest as much as possible because I cannot afford any more political problems with Moscow and it's Allies!

Write me back immediately as I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours truly,
Aleksandr Korsunov

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