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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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From: "Mrs Larisa Sosnitskaya" <ml-sk76@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mlariskaya46@excite.com
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 03:44:24 -0600
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL
DEAR FRIEND,
MY NAME IS MRS. LARISA SOSNITSKAYA, PERSONAL SECRETARY 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 TRIED IN RUSSIA ON CHARGES OF TAX EVASION AND FOR
FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES (THE UNION OF RIGHT FORCES, LED BY BORIS
NEMTSOV AND YABLOKO, A LIBERAL/SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY LED BY GREGOR
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 ON HIS BEHALF. THE
TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE RE-PROFILLED IS FORTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS
(USD$46,000,000.00) AND YOU WILL BE PAID 20% FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT
SERVICES.
AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE IN MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS THUS:
mlariskaya46@excite.com I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS
AND MY IDENTIFICATION.
YOURS SINCERELY,
MRS. LARISA SOSNITSKAYA.
NB: YOU CAN READ MORE OF HIS ORDEAL FROM:
http://www.supportmbk.com
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-Khodorkovsky
http://news.ft.com/cms/4bb9612a-d254-11d8-b661-00000e2511c8.html
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