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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a "Yukos oil" scam. The criminals who send such emails have no connection to Yukos Oil. The emails are usually sent from Nigeria. The only money that ever changes hands in this scam is from you to the criminals.
• 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.
  • kimaeva47lig@netscape.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "liqudmila kimaeva" <liqudmilakimaeva7@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 07:12:03 -0400
Subject: ASSISTANT NEEDED

ASSISTANT NEEDED


Dear Friend,

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this importantbusiness havinggone
through your remarkable profile onthe internet. Though, this medium
(Internet) has been
greatly abused, I choose to reach you through itbecause it still remains the
fastest medium of communication.

However, this correspondence is unofficial andprivate, and it should be
treated as such. At first Iwill like to assure you that this transaction is
100%risk and trouble free to both parties. I am LiqudmilaKimaeva, a personal
assistant secretary to Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky the Richest man in
Russia and
owner of the following companies:Chairman CEO:YUKOS OIL (Russian Second
Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable
financial institution with its Branches all over the world).SOURCE OF
FUNDS:I have a profiling amount in an excess of $10.5 MILLION US
DOLLARS,which I seek your Partnership inaccommodating for me. You will be
rewarded with 20 % of The total sum for your partnership. Can you be my
partner on this?

INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF:

As a personal consultant to him, authority Was handed over to me in transfer
of money of an American oil merchant For his last oil deal with my boss
Mikhail
Khodorkovsky before he was arrested.Already the funds have left the shore of
Russia to a Security company in European.The funds was directed into the
security company to advert Tax and the cost of transfer where the funds will
release to you as the beneficiary.While I was on the process, My Boss got
arrested for his Involvement in politics by 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 website belowor you can
watch more of CCN or BBC to get more news about my boss.

http://www.mosnews.com/mn-files/khodorkovsky.shtml
http://www.mbktrial.com/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2005/04/11/041.html
http://www.nndb.com/people/633/000025558/

Although, I do not know you in person, I have received your contact via,
personal search while seeking a reliable but obscure individual to assist me
in this
pending transaction. It became necesary for me to seek your assistance as I
want you to assist in investing my share of the money in your country.

YOUR ROLE:

All I need from you is to act as the beneficiary of the Above quoted Sum and
I will re-profile the funds with your name as the beneficiary.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 one month before Mikhail Khodorkovsky is out on bail.As soon as
I confirm your readiness to conclude this transaction with me, I Will
provide you with the
details.

Thank you very much. Contact me only via my email below.

Regards,
Liqudmila Kimaeva (Miss)
OCCUPATION : PERSONAL ASSISTANT.
COMPANY WEBSITE : www.yukos.com
REACH ME VIA MY CURRENT EMAIL ADDRESS:
kimaeva47lig@netscape.net

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