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Fraud email example:

From: "Othman Liman Abdul" <othman_liman@myway.com>
Reply-To: othmanlimanabdul1@myway.com
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 20:42:34 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: For Your Reference And Help


Dear Sir,I have sent you this mail because of the need to open discussion with you. I don't want you to misunderstand this offer in any aspect as to what is happening now, if it is okay with you I ask for your full co-operation. I am Othman Liman, I am a partner Engineer with Owners of YukosEngineering and International Affiliate of Yukos Oil and Gas Company based in Russia. Due to the problems happening in the OIL AND GAS COMPANYMy company is fighting investigations and Bankruptcy due to the Yukos Oil problems in Russia, most of my assets were seized due to this case.Recently I received a bulk payment from Ministry for myLast contracts there. I instructed them specifically not to send the Funds to Russia because of the problems, but the funds was deposited with a Finance and Security company on hold. A huge cash deposit of US$18,000,000.00 (Eighteen Million Dollars) was deposited by me in the Security Company overseas to my knowledge only. This is the last of my assets, now
that my health has deteriorated so badly due to the accident i had last year, I cannot do this myself anymore, As my wife just died few months and i have no child nor children.I therefore need you as a partner because You are a neutral party to help me collect this funds deposited with the security company and disburse it secretly based on instructions.Because my time is short I have decided to give most of this money toCharity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. For all your good efforts you will receive 30% of the Funds and disburse the rest based on instructions. I want you to understand my seriousness in this case and if you can handle this transaction,kindly contact me I have all the necessary documents on hand,Please contact me ASAP so we can discuss more.Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.Best Regards,Othman Liman Abdul

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