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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: "zakharov serguei" <zakharov_serguei002@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 01:45:12 +0100
Subject: i seek your partnership

Dear friend,
I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$42M,
which in accommodating for me.
You will be rewarded with 40% of the total sum for
your partnership. Can you be my partner on this?
INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF:
I am Mr.Zakharov Serguei, a personal secretary to
Mikhail Khodorkovskythe richest man in Russia and
owner of the following companies:
Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Most Largest Oil
Company)
Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable
financial institution with its branches all over the
world)
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
The documents of the above funds in question was
handed over to me to be used in payment of an American
oil merchant for his last oil deal with my boss
Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Already the funds have been deposited with ACCESS
TRESURY SERVICES PLC UK ,where the final crediting is
expected to be carried out. While I was on the
process, My Boss got arrested for his involvement on
politics in 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 treat to
President Vladimir Putin second tenure as Russian
president. You can catch moreof the story on this
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
OR www.yukos.com.
YOUR ROLE:
All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of
the above quoted sum and I will arrange for the
documentation which will enable ACCESS TRESURY
SERVICES PLC UK transfer the sum to you. I have
decided to use this sum to relocate to American
continent and never to be connected to any of Mikhail
Khodorkovsky conglomerates. The transaction has to
be concluded before Mikhail Khodorkovsky is
out of jail.
As soon as I get your willingness to comply through
my most private email
address(zakharovserguei24@yahoo.com) I will give you
more details.
Thank you very much
Regards
Zakharov Serguei.

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