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I can't say that I enjoy email spam all that much, but there are times, I will admit, when I find the creativity of some spammers interesting. When your inbox is full of penis/breast enhancement spams, it's somewhat refreshing when someone actually puts some effort into trying to rip you off.

Between the husband and I, we've received some interesting variations on the Nigerian Oil Scam Spam in the past couple of days and I thought I'd share.

If you're at all interested, take the jump.

I received the first one from a "Alexander Gusinsky"

Alexander Gusinsky Franchise Owner of Yukos Engineering, EMAIL;lxndrgsnsky@yahoo.co.in Dear Friend,

I have sent you this mail because of the need to opendiscussions with you.I don't want you to misunderstandthis offer in any aspect, if it is okay with you I ask
for your full cooperation. I am Alexander Gusinsky,the Franchise Owner of Yukos Engineering an international affiliate of Yukos Oil and Gas Company
based in Russia. Due to ill Health I have Esophageal cancer, it has defiled all forms of medical treatment and according to the medical experts it is a terminal illness so i do not know how much longer I have to live. I never had any real Friends in my lifetime because I never really cared for anyone but my business.

But now I know that there is more to life than making all the money in the world. However, certain unfolding events has made it very necessary for me to seek your help, my company is fighting investigations and bankrupcy due to the Yukos Oil problems in Russia, most of my assets were seized due to this case.
Recently I received a bulk payment from South Africa Ministry for my last contract there. I instructed them specifically not to send the funds to Russia becauseof the problems,but that the funds be deposited with a Finance and Security company in Europe on hold. A huge cash deposit of Eighteen Million dollars was domiciled with the a finance/Security Company overseas to my knowledge only. This is the last of my assets, now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore, I therefore need you as a partner because you are a neutral party to help me collect this funds deposited with the security company and disburse it secretly based on my instructions.

Because my time is short I have decided to give most of this money to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. For
all your good efforts you will receive 30% of the Funds and must disburse the rest based on my instructions. I want you to understand my seriousness
in this case and if you can handle the job kindly contact me via this email:alexandergsnsky@sify.com .

I have all the necessary documents on hand, please contact me asap so we can discuss more.

Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

Best Regards,
Alexander Gusinsky

His esophageal cancer has "defiled" all medical treatments? Wow, that's a pretty mean cancer, wouldn't you say? There's no need to get nasty, Mr. Esophageal Cancer; simply resisting the treatments is enough for most people to get the hint you don't want to go away, there's no need to "defile" the treatments. They're just trying to do their job. You have a job to do, too. They understand that. How about some mutual respect, eh?

Er...anyway I found it interesting how Yukos has been pulled into all of this. Yukos, if you didn't know, was the brain child of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was recently found guilty of tax evasion in the Russian courts. As one of the first pre-Soviet era Oligarchs, he wielded quite a bit of power within the country. It's been rumored that Putin told the oligarchs that they could do what they would as long as they stayed out of politics. Khodorkovsky ignored that warning, got involved and unlike Roman Abramovich, did not flee the country with his fortune in tow. Yukos has been mostly reappropriated by the Russian government lately, as a means of not only paying off Khordokovsky's supposed debt, but because the government said the company cheated the state on taxes as well. So this spam does make quite a bit of sense, in the scheme of things.

The next one is just as interesting. This one landed in the husband's email box about a day after I received the one listed above.

From: john morgan smith [mailto:john_morgan_s@walla.com] Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 11:10 PM Subject: Be my partner

Dear friend

I am Mr. Tony Morgan Smith a personal 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 (Awell reputable financial institution with its Branches all Over the world).

SOURCE OF FUNDS:I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$100.5M, which I seek your Partnership in accommodating for me.You will be rewarded with 4% of the total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this?

INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF: As a personal consultant to him,authority was handed over to me in transfer of money of an American oil merchant for his last oil deal with my boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Already the funds have left the shore of Russia to Offshore Security and Europe Credit Commssion Madrid Spain where it was deposited with a coded name. 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 Poses a treat to President Vladimir Putin Second Tenure as Russian president. You can catch more of the story on this website: www.yukos.com

YOUR ROLE: 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 OffshoreSecurity and Euope Credit Commssion Madrid Spain hand over the fund 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 soon and as I confirmYour readinesses to travel to spain for the clearing of the fund from the company.it will be concluded as soon as i confirm your readiness,I Will provide you with the details.

Thank you very much.

Regards
Tony Morgan Smith (Mr.) N/B reply with this email address {john_morgan_s@walla.com }

Pretty sophisticated, no? Fight political repression and get rich at the same time, too! What more could you ask for? I have to say, that's one of the better ones I've seen. And the rate of return is pretty good. 4% of 100.5M US. Four million dollars. It's not better than the 30% of 18M US listed in the first spam, but it's not too shabby.

Leaving Russia's oligarchs aside, here's one that landed in the husband's box today.

From: dwyer007@i12.com [mailto:dwyer007@i12.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:43 AM To: dwyer007@i12.com Subject: Urgent Attn:

From Dr. Daley KWAME.
Personal Assistant to Rebel leader, John Garang of Sudan.

ATTN: URGENT ATTENTION

I am The Personal Assistant To The late Rebel Leader JOHN GARANG OF SUDAN,
WHO SAD EVENT TOO PLACE ON THE 31TH OF JULY 2005 ON AN AIRROCULTER CRASH.

MR GARANG DURING HIS LIFE TIME DEPOSITED SOME SEALED BOXES WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN GHANA WEST AFRICA, THESE SEALED BOXES CONTAINS DIAMOND AND SOME REASONABLE AMOUNTS. TREE (3) OF THE BOXES ARE FILED UP WITH DIAMOND WHILE THE OTHER FOUR (4) BOXES CONTAINS ($73USD, SEVENTY TREE MILLION DOLLARS). MY PLANES WITH MR GARANG BEFORE HIS DEATH, WE TOLD THE SECURITY COMPANY THAT THE BOXES BELONGS TO A FOREIGN INVESTOR WHO IS COMING TO CLEAR THE BOXES. THE DEPPOSIT NUMBER IS XLM/23SD/89EU5/NDF77/JU6/05.

SIR ALL AM TRYING TO SAY IS THAT I NEED YOU TO JOIN ME IN THIS BUSINESS SO THAT WE CAN GET THOSE BOXES OUT SINCE MY BOSS IS DEAD NO OTHER PERSON KNOWS ABOUT THIS CONSIMENT APART FROM ME AND MY BOSS. WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE AS SOON AS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROPOSAL. SO THAT I WILL TELL YOU THE NAME AND OTHER INFORMATION WE USE IN DEPOSITING THOSE BOXES. AND ALSO PLAN HOW TO COME OVER SO THAT WE WILL GO OVER THE WITH SOME DOCUMENTS WHICH AM WITH TO CLAIM IT.

PLEASE CALL ME ON MY PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER +233 243 558 346 AWAINTING YOUR URGENT REPLY

BEST REGARDS
DR. DALEY DWYER.

That was quick, wasn't it? Garang was killed in a helicopter crash on Saturday, July 30th.

I don't know if I'd be willing to get involved, though, since he doesn't list out the percentage of the Seventy Tree million dollars Garang stashed away before his death. That seems a pretty commonplace thing to know before getting involved in one of these deals, don't you think?

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