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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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Fraud email example:
From: "Marinchenko Alexander" <marinchenko_55@yahoo.de>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:41:22 +0800
Subject: Dear friend
Dear friend
I am Mr. Marinchenko Alexander a personal treasurer to
MikhailKhodorkovsky, Presently in Russia.I have a profiling
amount in an excess of US$100.5M, which I seek your
Partnership in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded
with 4% of the total sum for your partnership. Already the
funds have left the shore of Russia to a European private
Bank where the final crediting is expected to be carried
out. While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested and
sentense to 9yrs inprisoned for his Involvement in politics
by financing the leading and opposing political parties.
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
bank transfer the sum to you.
please reply to my private email for more
details(marinchenko_55@yahoo.de)
Thank you for your time and attention.
Regards
Mr. Marinchenko Alexander
Yukos Oil & Gas,
MANAGING PARTNER
Kenneth Tyler & Associates
Berkshires House, 168-173 High Holborn,
London WCIV 7AA
United Kingdom.
NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST
On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late
Engr.Maxwell Effenberg; I am once again trying to notify
you as my earlier letter
returned undelivered.
I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email
address on the
WILL. I wish to notify you that late Engr.Maxwell Effenberg
made you a
beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Thirteen
Million, One Hundred
Thousand Dollars (USD$13,100,000.00) to you in the codicil
and last
testament to his WILL.
This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is
real and
true.Being a widely travelled man, he must have been in
contact with you in
the past or simply you were recommended to him by one of
his numerous
friends abroad who wished you good. Engr. Maxwell Effenberg
until his death was
a member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of
Electronic &
Electrical Engineers. He had a very good heart and loved to
give out.
His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his
life time.
Late Engr.Maxwell Effenberg died on the 13th day of
December,2006 at
the age of 80 years, and his WILL is now ready for
execution.
According to him this money is to support your humanitarian
activities
and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please
if I reach you
this time as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as
soon as possible to
enable me conclude my job.
I hope to hear from you as soon as possible through the
email address
below.
barr.kenneth_5115@yahoo.de
Yours in Service,
Barrister Kenneth Tyler.
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