Billionaire's Fall Gives Rise to Spammers
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia has more in common with Nigeria these days than oil.
Following up on the politically charged jailing of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a wave of scam e-mails in the style of Nigeria's notorious spammers has appeared in in-boxes from Moscow to Kentucky.
But instead of impassioned pleas by dead African dictators' aides to move millions of dollars overseas, the appeals appear to come from the inner circle of the man who was once Russia's richest.
"Dear friend, I got your reliable contact from my husband's business diary," begins one letter from "Leila Khodorkovsky," claiming to be the billionaire's wife -- whose actual name is Inna. The letter requests assistance investing $45 million of the tycoon's money and promises compensation.
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Comments
OOH! I want some of that money! Where do I sign up??
Hah! Idiots.
Posted by: Tanya | January 17, 2006 12:08 PM
Once even forwarded that Nigerian spam mail to Interpol in Nigeria. Guess what happened? Right. Not much. Same thing with a money requestor from South Africa.
At least I seem to have bypast the penis enlargement spams. Nowadays, besides moneytrading, I am in glass bears that they want to sell me.
Posted by: schiehallion | January 20, 2006 12:16 PM