I just received another one of those freak emails people get every so often. You're not sure if its spam or if it's actually something real and serious happening on the other side of the globe. Very, odd.
Here's the email, dated 7th of November, 2004 from kmilaru@yahoo.ca :
What on earth??!! Do you think it's a scam or do you think I'm really either:
a) unknowingly caught up in a mad political scheme concocted by the Russian mafia
or
b) unknowingly sent the wrong email at the wrong time, which was meant for another person in this conspiracy
c) both
or
d) utterly and completely duped
(post your thought on this)
Here's the email, dated 7th of November, 2004 from kmilaru@yahoo.ca :
Quote:
Dear sir/madam,
I am Kimaeva Lioudmila, a personal secretary to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the richest man in Russia and owner of the following companies: Chairman/ CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable financial institution with its branches all over the world).
I seek your partnership to accommodate the sum US$423M for us. 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 posed treat to President Vladimir Putin second tenure as Russian
president before he was reelected On March 14, 2004. You can catch more of the story on this
<http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html>
the fund (US$423M) in question was approved by the Government of Russia for payment of various YUKOS OIL contractors/suppliers to prevent them from loosing the money they invested in the numerous contracts they executed for the above firm. The Government had already
concluded plans to frozen all the accounts in my boss name (Mikhail Khodorkovsky) both corporate and personal before I connived with the Accountant General of YUKOS OIL (who is also my partner in this transaction) to raise a memo stating that YUKOS OIL owe contractors the above amount which was finally approved for payment after some deliberations. Actually, we have paid all our contractors both local and foreign because they agitated for their payment when they had that my boss was arrested.
YOUR ROLE:
I will present you / your company as one of the contractors we are owing so that you can stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum or PART of the fund according to your financial strength or the strength of your company. I will arrange for the documentation, which the payee bank will need to 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 as soon as possible. You will be rewarded with 10% of the total sum for your
partnership. Can you be our partner on this transaction?
As soon as I get your willingness to assist us in this
deal, I will give you more details. Thank you very much.
For confidential reasons, please reply to : kmilaru@yahoo.ca
Regards
Ms. Kimaeva Lioudmila
I am Kimaeva Lioudmila, a personal secretary to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the richest man in Russia and owner of the following companies: Chairman/ CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO: Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable financial institution with its branches all over the world).
I seek your partnership to accommodate the sum US$423M for us. 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 posed treat to President Vladimir Putin second tenure as Russian
president before he was reelected On March 14, 2004. You can catch more of the story on this
<http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html>
the fund (US$423M) in question was approved by the Government of Russia for payment of various YUKOS OIL contractors/suppliers to prevent them from loosing the money they invested in the numerous contracts they executed for the above firm. The Government had already
concluded plans to frozen all the accounts in my boss name (Mikhail Khodorkovsky) both corporate and personal before I connived with the Accountant General of YUKOS OIL (who is also my partner in this transaction) to raise a memo stating that YUKOS OIL owe contractors the above amount which was finally approved for payment after some deliberations. Actually, we have paid all our contractors both local and foreign because they agitated for their payment when they had that my boss was arrested.
YOUR ROLE:
I will present you / your company as one of the contractors we are owing so that you can stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum or PART of the fund according to your financial strength or the strength of your company. I will arrange for the documentation, which the payee bank will need to 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 as soon as possible. You will be rewarded with 10% of the total sum for your
partnership. Can you be our partner on this transaction?
As soon as I get your willingness to assist us in this
deal, I will give you more details. Thank you very much.
For confidential reasons, please reply to : kmilaru@yahoo.ca
Regards
Ms. Kimaeva Lioudmila
What on earth??!! Do you think it's a scam or do you think I'm really either:
a) unknowingly caught up in a mad political scheme concocted by the Russian mafia
or
b) unknowingly sent the wrong email at the wrong time, which was meant for another person in this conspiracy
c) both
or
d) utterly and completely duped
(post your thought on this)
