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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.
  • l_sosnitskaya2006@k.ro (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "yk_oils@intrage.it" <yk_oils@intrage.it>
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 11:40:25 +0100
Subject: sunday 20 / 08 / 2006

please Reply to email: l_sosnitskaya2006@k.ro

ATTN.

My name is mrs.larisa sosnitskaya, personal treasurer to Mr. Boris
Mikhail khodorkovsky, the arrested chairman CEO of yukos oil and bank
menatep spb in Russia. Who is presently in jail? I have the documents
of a large amount Of funds which he handed over to me before he was
detained and now been 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 Greg or yavlinsky) opposed to the
government of mr.vladmir putin, the president thereby leading to the
freezing of his finances and assets.After searching through the books
of your country's chambers of commerce and industries here
in Russia I am contacting you to assist me to re-profile the funds and
equally invest same in houses/properties in your country. The total
amount of funds to be re-profiled is twenty six million dollars
(USD$26,000,000.00) and you will be paid 20% for your
management services.

As soon as I receive your acceptance in my private email:
( l_sosnitskaya2006@k.ro ) I will send you
the necessary details and my identification.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs.larisa sosnitskaya.
You can catch more of the story on This website:

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/moscow/khodorkovsky.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213185.stm
http://www.supportmbk.com/support/comments_human_rights.cfm
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4105663

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