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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • lsosnitsksya5@excite.com
  • lsosnitskaya5@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "larisa sosnitskaya" <la_sosnit613@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:15:51 +0000
Subject: BISNESS PROPOSAL FROM YUKOS OIL

DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS MRS.LARISA SOSNITSKAYA, PERSONAL

SECRETARY TO MR.BORIS MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY,THE

ARRESTED CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND BANK

MENATEP SPB IN RUSSIA WHO IS PRESENTLY IN JAIL.
I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS

WHICH HE HANDED OVER TO ME BEFORE HE WAS

DETAINED AND TRIED IN RUSSIA FOR FINANCING

POLITICAL PARTIES AND NOT PAYING TAXES (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 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 AND EQUALLY INVEST SAME

ON HIS BEHALF. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE

RE-PROFILLED IS FORTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS

(USD$46,000,000.00) AND YOU WILL BE PAID 20% FOR

YOUR MANAGEMENT
SERVICES.

AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE IN MY

PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS
thus: lsosnitsksya5@excite.com I WILL SEND YOU

THE NECESSARY DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION.

YOURS SINCERELY,
MRS.LARISA SOSNITSKAYA.

NOTE THAT ANY RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL WILL NOT BE

APPRECIATED OR ANSWERED PLEASE WRITE ME VIA MY

PERSONAL EMAIL ADRRESS
thus: lsosnitskaya5@excite.com FOR FUTURE

CORRESPONDENCE.

NB: YOU CAN READ MORE OF HIS ORDEAL FROM:
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.

html
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_i

ssue261041
http://www.supportmbk.com
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail

-Khodorkovsky
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4482203.stm

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