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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• 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.
  • mrslarisa@k.ro (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: larisa <larisa@profes.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 16:41:38 +0200
Subject: HELLO!!!!

Please Reply to email:mrslarisa@k.ro

ATTN.

My name is mrs.larisa sosnitskaya, personal treasurer 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 now been tried in Russia for financing
political parties (the union of right forces,led by Boris Nemtsov
and yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party led by Greg or
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 in houses
/properties in your country. The total amountof funds to be
re-profiled is twenty six million dollars (USD$26,000,000.00) and
you will be paid 20% for your management services.
As soon as I receive your acceptance in my private email:
(mrslarisa@k.ro) I will send you the necessary details and my identification.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs.larisa sosnitskaya.

You can catch more of the story on This website:
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/moscow/khodorkovsky.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213185.stm
http://www.supportmbk.com/support/comments_human_rights.cfm
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4105663

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