the news just hit today about Boris Mikhail Khodorkovsky, formerly the richest man in russia and now indicted on counts of fraud. it only took that long for the "President of a well-known Bank in Nigeria" to morph into Mssr. Khordorkovsky's secretary, at least for the purposes of lame e-mail scams:

Sir,

My name is Mrs. Larisa Nitskaya, personal secretary of 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 arrested and detained and
now been tried in Russia for financing political parties
(the Union of the 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 assests. 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 and you will be
paid a commission of 12% 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

i hate to pre-judge people but if you fall for this, you're a complete asshat and should never be allowed to use the internet again. ever.

TheSinner

Seattle, WA

October 2004

MAY 31, 2005 07:48 AM

I know someone who fell for this (the nigerian version). It's funny how some people don't have enough common sense to see the problems with this.

UnnecessaryZ

Astoria, NY

July 2003

MAY 31, 2005 07:51 AM

But it sounds like Khordorkovsky really needs my help! Commission be damned, it's for the good of a fellow human being!
*Forwards PIN number*

SnakePlissken

Corvallis, OR

December 2002

MAY 31, 2005 08:07 AM

I say get his address, then send him a free sample of every kind of penile enhancing product that can be found on the interweb.

dem_z

United Kingdom

June 2004

MAY 31, 2005 08:10 AM

rottenart said:
i hate to pre-judge people but if you fall for this, you're a complete asshat and should never be allowed to use the internet again. ever.

The really scary thing is the number of people who have fallen for 419 scams.

FrankMask

Saint Paul, MN

June 2003

MAY 31, 2005 09:20 AM

Hmm. Could we somehow get ahold of the scammer's home address and sign them up for the Watchtower three hundred times?

Capt_Sparrow

Russian Federation

January 2004

MAY 31, 2005 09:36 AM

ive got shit like that before well not that same one. i said ahh what the hell and screwed around with the person for awhile they really wanted money then when i told em i contacted the authoritys the emails stoped.

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Norman, OK

February 2004

MAY 31, 2005 07:34 AM