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An Email with the Subject "SOURCE OF FUNDS:" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:22:10 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "James Canyon [Mr]" <canyon_james1@yahoo.com.hk>.
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Dear Friend, I am Mr James Canyon a personal chief financial treasurer 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 it´s Branches all over the world) SOURCE OF FUNDS: I have a profiling amount to the tune of ($15,100,000.00) (Fifteen million,one hundred thousand dollars) which I seek your Partnership in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 30% of the total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this? Already the funds have left the shore of Russia through diplimatic means to a European Holding financial institution where the final crediting is expected to be carried out. While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested for his Involvement in politics by 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 a great treat to President Vladimir Putin Second Tenure as Russian president. You can catch more of the story on These websites: http://www.supportmbk.com http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3213505.stm http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-khodorkovsky http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html YOUR ROLE: These funds are secured in as escrow account in finanacial institution in the United Kingdom and can be transferred from the escrow account to your personal or business account once you have assured me of your ability and capacity to receive the funds for disbursement amongst the two of us at a ration i stated above. The funds were deposited in my name as a front for my client and all documents in relation to this bears my name to avoid the search by the government, so you need not entertain any worries. To verify, please call the ATM Number of the Bank: +447005807937, I would provide you the Escrow account details of the offshore account to enable you verify the existence of these funds. Once you have verified and you are in a position to assist in receiving the funds on my behalf, then I would provide you more details. All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which will enable the European Holding financial institution 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 within 5 to 10 working days, as soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me. Contact me via my private box canyonjames211@yahoo.com.hk so that I can furnish you with more details. Thank you very much. Regards, James Canyon [Mr] Reply only to canyonjames211@yahoo.com.hk