Business Invitation – Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Gary J Little

This is typical of e-mail scams that try to appear legitimate by referencing something that you can access in the mainstream media. Not enough to hide the scam though – the basic parts are all there – the chance to make a big score – the suggestion that, if it became public, the opportunity would be lost – and the request to a reply e-mail. Keep in mind that millions of people received the very same e-mail and only the ones dumb enough to be taken in will earn the honor of being scammed.

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.

Thank you very much.

Gary J. Little

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