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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.
  • ramazan.pinardag@yahoo.com.tr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ramazan pinardag <ramazan.panardag@yahoo.com.tr>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:53:31 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: To The Chief Executive Officer


Dear Sir,

As we do not yet know each other personally, forgive me for approaching you in this manner. The circumstances I find myself in have necessitated this correspondence.

If you are conversant with the Global scene you will recall, Yukos Oil the leading giant in the oil industry in Russia which is about to go under, due to sharp/questionable accounting practices and back tax charges by the company. The Government indicted and arrested my boss Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky who is also the richest man in Russia, while also the Russian government has clamped down on the Yukos and halted activities of the company I am Mr.Ramazan Pinardag, a personal treasurer, who amassed a substantial amount of money. The funds are currently stashed away in a Pension Funds account in a vault in Europe. My client is presently still under investigation and a court trial will soon commence.

I feel that you will be suited to assist us with this matter, while it affords you the opportunity of making substantial money for yourself. It is our desire to make use of the funds realized from the Pension Funds. That's the reason why I need you. We need to access the funds, asap, as all accounts and assets of my client here have been frozen pending the outcome of the trials. The biggest advantage we have at present is that the bank where the funds are lodged understand the delicate situation, and have agreed to assist us to the fullest. I need to know if you can work with me on this. Just to update you my boss is embattling with the law over USD$3.4B back tax charges. If you are interested in this transaction then please do not hesitate to contact me through the below private email address.

Please it is very important that we communicate via email due to security reasons.

Best Regards
Mr.Ramazan Pinardag
E-mail: ramazan.pinardag@yahoo.com.tr


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