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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • a_rov123@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Allen Frussell" <mrallenfrussell@msn.com>
Reply-To: a_rov112@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:07:29 +0000
Subject: urgent matter!!!

DEAR FRIEND,

MY NAME IS MR. A. MAKAROV, PERSONAL ASSISTANCE TO MR.BORIS
MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY. THE ARRESTED CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND BANK
MENATEP SPB IN RUSSIA.

I HAVE THE DEPOSIT DETAILS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WHICH HE HANDED OVER
TO ME BEFORE HE WAS DETAINED AND NOW BEING TRIED IN RUSSIA FOR FINANCING
POLITICAL PARTIES (THE UNION OF RIGHT FORCES, LED BY BORIS NEMTSOV AND
YABLOKO, A LIBERAL/SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY LED BY GREGOR YAVLINSKY) OPPOSED
TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MR.VLADMIR PUTIN.

THE PRESIDENT THEREBY LEADING TO THE FREEZING OF HIS FINANCES AND
ASSETS ORDERED ME TO SEEK FOR A FOREIGNER, THAT WOULD TAKE FULL CUSTODY OF
THE FUNDS BEFORE INFORMATION WOULD BE LEAKED OUT ABOUT THE DEPOSITED FUNDS
AND AFTER SEARCHING THROUGH THE BOOKS OF YOUR COUNTRY'S CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE
AND INDUSTRIES HERE I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN HANDLE THIS GREAT TASK.

I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST ME TO RE-PROFILE THE FUNDS AND EQUALLY INVEST
SAME ON HIS BEHALF AND MANAGE IT FOR COMPLETE TWO YEARS, WHEN WE HOPE THAT
TENSION WOULD HAVE BEEN CALMED DOWN.

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE RE-PROFILLED UNDER YOUR CUSTODY CAN’T BE
MENTION IN THIS FIRST MESSAGE FOR SECURITY REASONS. BUT WHEN INDICATE YOUR
INTEREST TO TAKE FULL CUSTODY OF THE DEPOSITED, EVERY DETAIL WILL BE MADE
AVAILABLE TO YOU.

FOR SECURITY REASONS, ALL COMMUNICATION MUST BE FOLLOWED VIA EMAIL BECAUSE
PHONE CALLS MIGHT BE BUGGED, AS THEY HAVE ALSO CLOSED ALL MY ACCOUNTS HERE
HAVING DISCOVERED THAT I AM BORIS CONFIDANT.

AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE, I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS
AND MY IDENTIFICATION, BUT ALL THAT I PLEAD IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND
ABILITY TO TREAT THIS MESSAGE WITH UTMOST SECRECY BECAUSE NO ONE MUST KNOW
ABOUT THE FUNDS.

SEND YOUR QUICK RESPONSE VIA a_rov123@yahoo.co.uk

YOURS SINCERELY,

MR. A. MAKAROV

NB: YOU CAN READ MORE OF HIS ORDEAL FROM:

http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11261041

http://www.supportmbk.com

http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-Khodorkovsky

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