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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: "Ms. Alina Ivan." <ivanali@netscape.net>
Reply-To: ivanalina@netscape.net
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 19:02:02 +0100
Subject: Hello
I am Ms. Alina Ivan, a swiss Citizen formerly working as a Finacial Analyst with Yukos Oil in Russia, (Russian Largest Oil Company), before my problem started.
I apologized using this medium to contact you for a business of this magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium.
I seek your assistance to accommodate the sum of US$23M (Twenty three million (US) dollars) for me, and the need is very urgent. I will reward you with 20 percent of the fund for your assistance.
I was arrested and charged with the knowledge of facts to Tax Invasion by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, founder and owner of YUKOS OIL of Russia. although I have been released conditionally am still placed under close watch by the russian government pedending satisfactory investigations and clearance on me by the russian high court. and currently now, my government is fighting my extradiction out of russia.
The fund in question are settlements I received from some major yukos contractors I assisted in winning huge contracts, but am finding it difficult to transfer the money abroad, because of security reasons around me presently and also to avoid more problems to me, until a high ranked colleague of mine still working in yukos oil international payment department agreed to use yukos oil payment procedures to foreign contractors to assist me get the fund out of russia, before I get my court clearance and my extradiction proceeding granted.
YOUR ROLE:
My contacts in Yukos Oil will present you as a foreign contractor who was awarded a contract by yukos oil to the sum of 23 million US dollars. He will also arrange for the documentation which the payment department will need to effect the payment of the fund to your nominated account. This will proof that this transaction is genuine and is not contradicting any local or international Laws and also against any suspicion from your bank or your government.
I want to assure you that my contacts in yukos oil are top ranked officials who are in the position to make the deal completed and the fund transfered to you without any problem. provided you are going to give a very strong assurance that you will keep the fund safe until i am extradicted out of russia.
I will be contacting you secretly by email until I get extradicted out of russia. by then you must have received the fund into your account.
Please note that is it very important you keep this transaction as a top secret yourself.
This transaction is free from all risk and your safety is fully quaranteed as well.
Your area of trade or specialization is not an hindrance to the successful execution of this deal. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me. Please, endeavour to contact me immediately through my Email: ivanalina@netscape.net
I wait in anticipation for your reply.
Regards,
Ms. Alina Ivan.
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