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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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From: "MIHAI ANDREI" <mihaiandrei@postino.ch>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:57:52 +0100
Subject: URGENT
*Dear Sir/Madam,*
* *
* I am Mihai Andrei the personal accountant 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 its
branches all over the world). I seek your partnership to accommodate the sum
US$42M for us. 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 posed treat to
President Vladimir Putin second tenure as Russian president before he was
re-elected On March 14, 2004.You can catch more of the story on this
websites*
* *
*http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html*
*http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2004/10/18/041.html*
*http://www.mosnews.com/money/2004/10/18/yuganskneftegaz.shtml*
*http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/9950187.h*
*http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3753804.stm *
*http://www.khodorkovsky.info/*
* *
* The fund (US$42M) in question was approved by the Government of Russia
for payment of various YUKOS OIL contractors/suppliers to prevent them from
losing the money they invested in the numerous contracts they executed for
the above firm. The Government had already concluded plans to freeze all the
accounts in my boss name (Mikhail Khodorkovsky) both corporate and personal
and have on the 18th of October 2004 decided to
sell off the assets of all Yukos Oil corporation at a give-away amount to
pay the allege taxes which the company owed the Russian Government. Refer to
the website again. Everybody in the world know that this is a political
vendetta to ensure that Mikhail Khodorkovsky comes out of detention as poor
and broken man and his companies are liquidated, that if he is not
eventually sent to jail for tax evasion. The Accountant General of YUKOS OIL
*
*(Who is also my partner in this transaction) and I have decided to raise a
memo stating that YUKOS OIL owe contractors the above amount which was
finally approved for payment after some deliberations. Actually, we have
paid all our contractors both local and foreign because they agitated for
their payments when they got the news that my boss was arrested and might
eventually be jailed by the Russian Government.*
* *
* YOUR ROLE:*
* I will present you/your company as one of the contractors we are owing so
that you can stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum or part of the
fund according to your financial strength or the strength of your company. I
will arrange for the documentation which the payee bank will need to
transfer the sum to you. The transaction has to be concluded before as soon
as possible. You will be rewarded with 10% of the total sum for your
partnership. Can you be my partner on this? If this proposal is acceptable
to you, Please send me your *
*Direct and private, telephone and fax number and email address to enable me
furnish you with more information as we intend to conclude the transfer
within 14 working days.*
* *
*N/B: DO MAKE DIRECT CONTACT TO ME VIA THIS EMAIL *
*ADDRESS:MIHAIANDREI@POSTINO.CH
*
*Regards *
*Dr Mihai Andrei*
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