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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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• 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.
  • brucemisamore712@yahoo.com

Fraud email example:

From: BRUCE MISAMORE <brucemisamore712@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:31:07 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU HELP WITH THIS?


PLEASE FOR CONFIDENTIALITY REASONS CONTACT ME THROUGH MY SECURED EMAIL
ADDRESS: brucemisamore712@yahoo.com

Dear Partner,
I am Mr Bruce Misamore a personal chief financial treasurer to Mikhail
Khodorkovsky the Richest man in Russia and owner of the following
companies: Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Largest Oil Company)
Chairman
CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable financial institution with it╢s
Branches all over the world)
SOURCE OF FUNDS: I have a profiling amount in an excess of 160,000,000
dollar (one hundred and sixty million dollar) which I seek your
Partnership in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 10% of
the
total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this? Already
the
funds have left the shore of Russia through diplimatic means to a
European
Holding firm where the final crediting is expected to be carried out.
While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested for his Involvement in
politics by financing the leading And opposing political parties (the
Union of Right Forces, led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a
liberal/social
democratic party Led by Gregor Yavlinsky) which poses treat to
President
Vladimir Putin Second Tenure as Russian president. You can catch more
of the story on These website:


http://www.supportmbk.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-khodorkovsky
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html


YOUR ROLE: All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the
above quoted sum and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which will
enable the European Holding firm transfer the sum to you. I have
decided to use this sum to relocate to American continent and never to be
connected to any of Mikhail khodorkovsky conglomerates. The transaction
has to be concluded within 5 to 10 working days, as soon as I confirm
your readiness to conclude the transaction with me. Contact me via my
privatebox: brucemisamore712@yahoo.com so that I can furnish you with more
details.
Thank for you time.


Regards,
Bruce Misamore [Mr]

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