First Nigeria... Now Russia! ... scams

“wow, who would think the personal secretary would find ME?!??! I MUST BE SPECIAL. ;-) lol

I got this e-mail:


MY NAME IS MRS.LARISA NITSKAYA, PERSONAL SECRETARY TO MR.BORIS MIKHAIL
KHODORKOVSKY, THE ARRESTED CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND BANK MENATEP SPB IN
RUSSIA. 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 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 EIGHTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS (USD$86,000,000.00) AND YOU
WILL BE PAID 10% FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT SERVICES.

AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE, I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS
AND MY IDENTIFICATION.

YOURS SINCERELY,
MRS.LARISA NITSKAYA.
Email:larisanit2006@walla.com

NB: YOU CAN READ MORE OF HIS ORDEAL FROM:
http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11261041
http://www.supportmbk.com http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-K
hodorkovsky”

“This came to me at work. I had done a story on a local woman and daughter who this summer visited their foreign exchange student in the Ukraine... and I might have mentioned Putin in it.

Interesting, eh?? They must have done a little googling before random e-mailing. LOL!”