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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: "Harley Kagan" <harely_kagan01@msn.com>
Reply-To: hkagan@katamail.com
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 08:59:13 +0000
Subject: WHY MY CONTACTING YOU
From: Mr. Harley Kagan
United Kingdom
email: hkagan@katamail.com
Dear friend ,
I am Harley Kagan From the United Kingdom and a financial consultant to
Mikhail
Khodorkovsky- Chairman/CEO, YUKOS OIL (Russian Largest Oil Company).
WHY MY CONTACTING YOU
I want to solicit your partnership and collaboration in the execution and
conclusion
of an oil purchase transaction. I have a profiling amount in an excess of
US$50.5M,
which I seek your Partnership in accommodating for me. You would be rewarded
with 15%
of the total sum for your partnership if you offer your collaboration. Can
you work
with me in this regard?
ORIGIN OF FUND AND THE MISSION:
As a personal consultant to Mikhail Khodorkovsky, authority was given to me
to effect
transfer of some money from an New Zealand oil merchant for the company's
last oil
deal with Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Already the money has left the shores of
New
Zealand to an European Private Bank where the final crediting is expected to
be
carried out. While I was on the process, My Boss predicament with the
Russian
government began he was arrested for his percieved
Involvement in politics with the claim of being financier of a the leading
opposing
political parties (the Union of Right Forces, Led by Boris Nemtsov, and
Yabloko, and
the liberal/social democratic party, Led by Gregor Yavlinsky). This
involvement was
percieved as dangerous threat to President Vladimir Putin Second Tenure as
Russian
president.
More information on this political cold war can be found in the website here
below
stated
for your perusal:
http://www.yukos.com
http://www.hoovers.com/yukos/--ID__53700--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
http://news.ft.com/cms/4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html
YOUR ROLE:
All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary to the above quoted sum.
The fund
as transferred from the New Zealand Oil Company would be directed to you as
payment
from Yukos Oil in lieu of some purchases from you or your company.I will
then
re-profile the funds with your Name, which will enable The European bank
transfer the
sum to you.
What I intend to do with the fund shall be unfolded to you subsequently. It
is very
important to know that the transaction has to be concluded soon and as I
confirm your
readiness to collaborate and conclude the transaction with me, I will
provide you
with useful details.
Please note keenly that I solicit for utmost confidentiality in this matter.
I trust
the calibre of personality that you are, hence I am contacting you directly
through
this medium. If however you feel you cannot offer the needed partnership, do
contact
me with your words so I can contact other sources.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Mr.Harley Kagan
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