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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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Fraud email example:
From: <andrei@rolyukos.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 16:43:47 -0000
Subject: IMPORTANT
FROM: MIHAI ANDREI
andreiruss@netscape.net
Dear Friend,
Permit me to seek your attention in so informal a manner. I am MIHAI
ANDREI, one of the accounts directors 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 well
reputable financial institution with its branches all over the world). I
seek your partnership in an urgent financial business of US$28 Million.
(Twenty Eight Million United States Dollars)
My Boss MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY was arrested in October 2003 for his
involvement in politics and the financing of opposing political parties
(the Union of Right Forces, led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a
liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor Yavlinsky) which posed a
treat to President Vladimir Putin's second tenure as Russian president
before he was re-elected on March 14, 2004. You can read more of this on
the web sites below
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0920791.html
http://www.khodorkovskytrial.com/
The Russian Government Authority had already concluded plans to freeze all
the accounts in the name of Mikhail Khodorkovsky both corporate and
personal. However, in other to boost the investor confidence in the
Russian Economy also approved the payment of millions of Dollars to all
YUKOS OIL Contractors and suppliers. The Fund US$28M involved was approved
by the Russian Authorities as part of payments to the various YUKOS OIL
contractors/suppliers to prevent them from loosing the money they invested
in the numerous contracts they executed for the above YUKOS. I had
connived with the Accountant General of YUKOS OIL (who is also my partner
in this business) to raise a memo stating that YUKOS OIL owed US$28M to a
foreign contractor. The Russian Authority finally approved this amount for
payment after some deliberations. Actually, we have paid all our
contractors both local and foreign because they agitated for their payment
when they heard that my boss was arrested.
YOUR ROLE:
We intend to present you or your company as one of the contractors we owe
so that you can stand as the beneficiary of the above sum according to
your financial strength or the strength of your company. We will make all
arrangements for the documentation, which the payee bank will need to
transfer the sum to your nominated account. We have decided to use part of
this sum to relocate our families out of Russia due to the present
insecurity we face. We cannot lay direct claims to this payment, as we
need to present a foreign person or company to stand as the beneficiary.
This business is safe and we will be willing to reward you with 10% of the
total sum for your partnership. As soon as I get your willingness to
assist us and your direct contact telephone and fax numbers, I will
provide more details. Thank you.
Best Regards
MR. MIHAI ANDREI
andreiruss@netscape.net
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