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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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• 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.
  • niskayalisa3331@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?koi8-r?q?Lisa=20Niskaya?= <niskayalisa3331@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: lniskaya29_@pochta.ru
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 01:30:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK


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Dear friend,


I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$50.1M, which I seek your

partnership in accommodating for me. You


will be rewarded with 40% of the total sum for your partnership. Can

you be my partner on this?


INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF:

I am Ms.Lisa Nitskaya, a personal secretary to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the

richest man in Russia and owner of the


following companies: Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Most Largest Oil

Company) Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank


(A well reputable financial institution with its branches all over the

world)


SOURCE OF FUNDS:

The documents of the above funds in question was handed over to me to

be used in payment of an American oil


merchant for his last oil deal with my boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Already the funds have been deposited with


HBOS TRESURY SERVICES PLC UK ,where the final crediting is

expected to be carried out.



While I was on the process, 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 poses treat to

President Vladimir Putin second tenure as


Russian president. You can catch more of the story on this


http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html


YOUR ROLE:

All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted

sum and I will arrange for the


documentation which will enable HBOS TRESURY SERVICES PLC UK transfer

the sum to you. I have decided to use


this sum to relocate to American continent and never to be connected to

any of Mikhail Khodorkovsky


conglomerates.


The transaction has to be concluded in 2 weeks.As soon as I get your

willingness to assist me. I will give you more details.


Thank you very much

Regards


Lisa Nitskaya



- Lisa Niskaya

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