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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: "Tim Brinkman" <prestley_33@o2.pl> (may be fake)
Reply-To: brink_tim@yahoo.es
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 16:15:34 +0200
Subject: RESPONSE
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Tim Brinkman and I represent Mr. Mikhail Khordokovsky the former CEO of Yukos Oil Company in Russia. I have a very sensitive and confidential brief from this top (oligarch) to ask for your
partnership in re-profiling funds over US$30 million. I will give the details, but in summary, the funds are coming via GCIB Bank.This is a legitimate transaction. You will be paid twenty percent upon your management fees.
If you are interested, please write back by email to brink_tim@yahoo.es or send a fax to:+709574809900 and provide me with your private telephone/ fax numbers and email address and I will provide further details and procedures. Please keep this confidential; we
can not afford more political problems. Finally, note that this must be concluded within two weeks.Please reply as soon as possible.
you can get more info regarding this transaction on these sites:
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
http://www.supportmbk.com/mbk/mbk_bio.cfm
http://www.disinfopedia.org/wiki.phtml?title=Mikhail_B._Khodorkovsky
Please rest be assured that you are not required to pay any fees,we will pay any outstanding fee to get the fund out of Russia to your norminated account.
Regards
Tim Brinkman
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