# You've had your Nigerian scam, and the Asian scam, howabout Russian guy in jail scam?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 3, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-had-your-nigerian-scam-and-the-asian-scam-howabout-russian-guy-in-jail-scam/417949 "2007-09-03T23:13:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2007, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-had-your-nigerian-scam-and-the-asian-scam-howabout-russian-guy-in-jail-scam/417949/1 "2007-09-03T23:13:46Z")

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Anyone who falls for this is a grade A certified dimwit.

> [@](#):
>
> Dear Partner
> 
> I am Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky, a businessman and an activist one  
> of Russia’s oligarchs, I was convicted for fraud and tax evasion and  
> received a 9-year sentence, and I want you to assist me in investing  
> some amount of money that I secretly kept in a financial company, the  
> total amount is (? 512,700,000.00.)
> 
> Presently I am in a jail, as you know this amount is a huge sum of  
> money and I will like you to be honest enough in investing my share for  
> me. The total sum will be divided as 70% for me and 30% for you. I will  
> like you to invest the 70% share of my money in your country pending  
> the year of my realeased, if you are interested kindly indicate by  
> replying my mail. I will disclose to you where my money is kept as soon  
> as I received a favorable response from you. below is my e-mail address  
> ([mkhodorkovsky@rbcmail.ru](mailto:mkhodorkovsky@rbcmail.ru))
> 
> Kind regards  
> M. Khodorkovsky

😛

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-had-your-nigerian-scam-and-the-asian-scam-howabout-russian-guy-in-jail-scam/417949/2 "2007-09-04T00:47:50Z")

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70/30??  
No **way**.

50/50 or I’m not even gettin’ out the checkbook.

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**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2007, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youve-had-your-nigerian-scam-and-the-asian-scam-howabout-russian-guy-in-jail-scam/417949/3 "2007-09-04T02:20:11Z")

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I have similar sum of money and will give you 80 percent if you invest my 20% in deer corn and peanut butter. I am breeding super mutant deer here in prison from spoons of plastic and rectally smuggled cigarettes and wish to placate them in case of super mutant deer uprising.