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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• 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.
  • sklaris05@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • skayais880@excite.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Skaya=20laris?= <sklaris05@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: skayais880@excite.com
Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 09:41:42 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: GREETINGS!!!


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: sklaris05@yahoo.co.uk

Dear Friend,



My name is Mrs.Laris Skaya, personal secretary to Mr. Boris Mikhail


Khodorkovsky, owner of Yukos oil in Russia who has been in detention

since


October 2003 and was jailed on may 16th 2005 for financing political

parties


(the union of right forces, led by Boris nemtsov, and yabloko, a


liberal/social democratic party led by Gregor yavlinsky) which are

Opposed


to the government of Mr.Vladmir Putin, the president thereby leading to

the


freezing of his finances and assets.



I have the documents of a large amount of funds that he gave to me

before


his arrest and trial and I am contacting you to assist me to re-profile

the


funds and equally invest it on his behalf in your country. The total

amount


of funds to be re-profiled is Two Hundred and Sixteen Million Dollars


(USD$216,000,000.00) and you will be paid 18% for your management

services.



As soon as I receive your acceptance, I will send you the necessary

details and my identification.



You may contact me on the Email address bellow.


skayais880@excite.com.



Yours sincerely,



Mrs.Laris Skaya.



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





- Skaya laris

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