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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • littlegary15@gmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: LITTLE GARY <little11@itimes.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:59:42 +0530 (IST)
Subject: YUKOS PARTNERSHIP NEEDED

Good Day,

I am Gary J. Little, a private investigator in uk, my client Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oil magnate of Yukos Oil Company charged with tax evasion by the Russian Government for political reasons seek your partnership/proxy to invest some amount under your supervision to avoid seizure since his company's main assets, production units, refineries and petrol stations, have been sold in series of staged bankruptcy auctions.

http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9167397,
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article466682.ece
http://www.letthemgonow.com/

Mikhail Khodorkovsky intend to liquidate a large investment in cash and structures offshore, and take the capital appr. derived to provide a new investment fund under your management. As you can see, his assets are frozen and auctioned, meanwwhile there is an excess of USD5b lying in offshore accounts, unable to be used as guarantee. The funds being liquidated arose from independent investments of the group, outside the russian soil, so we can legitimately do so, only if this is done quietly. If the Russian authorites hear about this, we shall have to tender it for bankruptcy auctions.

You will stand as the beneficiary of the fund after a lawyer has arranged documentation which would enable release the sum to you. It is my client's wish to invest this sum outside Russia and never to be connected with any of political opponents. The transaction has to be concluded before Mikhail Khodorkovsky is out from jail. As soon as I get your willingness to comply I will give you more details. contact me via;littlegary15@gmail.com

Thank you very much.

Gary J. Little

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