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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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• 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.
  • mrs_ahat01@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Ahat Sosnitskaya" <mrs_ahat@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs_ahat01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:26:11 +0000
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT FORM MRS AHAT SOSNITSKAYA

DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS MRS.AHAT SOSNITSKAYA, PERSONAL SECRETARY TO
MR.BORIS MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY,THE ARRESTED
CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND BANK MENATEP SPB IN
RUSSIA.


I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WHICH
WHERE HE HANDED OVER TO ME BEFORE HE WAS DETAINED AND
NOW BEEN TRIED IN RUSSIA FOR FINANCING POLITICAL
PARTIES(the Union of Right Forces,led by
BorisNemtsov,and Yabloko, a liberal/social democratic
party led by Gregor Yavlinsky) OPPOSED TO THE
GOVERNMENT OF MR.VLADMIR PUTIN,THE PRESIDENT THEREBY
LEADING TO THE FREEZING OF HIS FINANCES AND ASSETS
AFTER SEARCHING THROUGH THE BOOKS OF YOUR COUNTRY'S
CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES HERE IN RUSSIA I
AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST ME TO RE-PROFILE THE FUNDS
ANDEQUALLY INVEST SAME ON HIS BEHALF.


THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE RE-PROFILLED IS ONE
HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
(USD$116,000,000.00) AND YOU WILL BE PAID 0.8% FOR
YOUR MANAGEMENT SERVICES. AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR
ACCEPTANCE, I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS AND
MY IDENTIFICATION.PLEASE YOU CAN REPLY ME THROUGH THIS
EMAIL:mrs_ahat01@yahoo.com

YOURS SINCERELY,


MRS. AHAT SOSNITSKAYA


NB:YOU CAN READ MORE OF HIS ORDEAL FROM:


www.newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11261041
www.supportmbk.com
www.news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4041115.stm
www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-Khodorkovsky

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