419 scam: "Mrs. Nina Deripaka" <mrsderipaskanina@gmail.com> CONFIDENTIAL OFFER!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "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)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
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.
- nina.deripaska@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Nina Deripaka" <mrsderipaskanina@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nina.deripaska@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 15:20:39 -0500 (EST)
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL OFFER!

Dear Friend,

With the world been connected in different ways and has turned into a
global cyber village I am sure you must have heard or read about the
jailed former Yukos oil boss (Mr. Boris Mikhail Khodorkovsky), Until his
arrest he was the chairman/CEO of Yukos Oil and Bank Menatep SPB in
Russia.

My name is Mrs. Nina Deripaska and I am writing as his representative and
I was also his personal secretary before his arrest. I have documents of a
large sum of funds which he handed over to me just before he was detained
and tried in Russia on charges of tax evasion and for financing political
parties (The Union of right forces led by Boris Nemtsov and Yabloko, a
liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor Yavlinsky) opposed to the
government of Mr. Vladmir Putin, the former president of Russia thereby
leading to the freezing of his finances and assets.

For years I have been doing extensive research through your country's
chambers of commerce and industry just to find a worthy person to assist
me reprofile the funds and if possible re-invest same on his behalf, this
is an instruction I received from my former boss on my last visit because
it seems the Russia government are doing everything possible to keep him
in there so he wants his money invested and working till his release. The
total amount to be reprofiled is Thirty Seven Million Dollars
($37,000,000.00) and you will be paid 30% for your management services and
discretion.

As soon as I receive word of your acceptance in my private email address:
nina.deripaska@yahoo.com.hk I will send you all other necessary details
and my ID and here is my mobile number +74995005672.

Thank You,

Nina.

PS: You can read more about him from these links.
http://www.khodorkovskycenter.com/about-khodorkovsky-and-lebedev/about-khodorkovsky
http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2011/09/27/the-suits-in-strasbourg-yukos-oil-tax-evasion-and-human-rights/
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm
Http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3042850.stm

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