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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 "Yukos oil" scam. The criminals who send such emails have no connection to Yukos Oil. The emails are usually sent from Nigeria. The only money that ever changes hands in this scam is from you to the criminals.
• 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.
  • hackeyjohn007@yahoo.co.jp (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Lioudmila Kimaeve <delland2010@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: hackeyjohn007@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 01:24:44 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: To Fritz Robinson


>From : Ms. Lioudmila Kimaeve
Reply To : hackeyjohn007@yahoo.co.jp
I am Ms. Lioudmila Kimaeve,  I represent Mr. Mikhail Khordokovsky the former C.E.O of Yukos Oil Company in Russia. I have a very sensitive and confidential brief from him to ask for a partner who will re-profiling funds in Europe/Canada as Fund Management Consultant, you will be reworded 15% as your management fees after getting the fund re-profile to you as our fund management agent in your country 
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
The documents of the above funds was giving to me to be used in payment of an American oil merchant in Texas for his last oil deal with my boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Already the funds have been deposited with a Firm in UK, where the final crediting is expected to be carried out. While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested for his involvement on politics in 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. 
 
This is a legitimate transaction. You will be paid 15% of the portfolio investment value as your "management fee ". If you are interested, please direct your reply to my lawyer ( Harry Spencer through his private E-mail:(hackeyjohn007@yahoo.co.jp) and provide him with your confidential telephone number, fax number and email address so that he can provide further details regards to this project.
Please note that this must be concluded within reasonable time frame therefore your prompt reply is essential. Write me back.
I look forward to it.
Best Regards,
Ms. Lioudmila Kimaeve.


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