Dear Friend,

Thank you very much for your response, and your interest in this transaction. It became necessary for me to seek your assistance. I appreciate the fact that you are ready to assist me in executing this project, and also to help me in investing my money in your country (if need be).

This fund was a contract for an oil blockade in Turkey , I fronted a company before my boss was locked up, and The Company which I fronted made supplies to the American oil merchant. The total contract sum was $1.4 Billion USD. The American merchant has collected his payment but I was unable to collect mine because of the problem with My boss Mr. Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

As soon as I deposit the funds in your account you can start withdrawing the funds bit by bit to your other accounts for onward investment in any investment we will agree on. You should not have anything to worry about. I will do everything legally required to ensure that the project goes smoothly, it shall pass through all Laws of International Banking.

Having resolved to entrust this transaction into your hands, I want to remind you that, it needs your commitment and diligent follow up. If you work seriously the entire transaction should be over in a couple of days or a week.

READ THE FOLLOWING AND GET BACK TO ME:

Firstly, I will want to know the type of occupation that you do and how old you are. You should note that this project is highly capital intensive. This is why I have to be very careful. I need your total devotion and trust to see this through. I know we have not met before, but I am very confident that we will be able to establish the necessary trust that we need to execute this project.

Before I commence, I will need you to send me a copy of any form your identification (Driver's license or International passport) and your current address. I want to be sure that I am transacting with the correct person. As soon as I get these from you, I will commence the paper work.

Please reconfirm details below:

(i) Name of Beneficiary
(ii) Beneficiary's Address.
(iii) Contact Telephone and Fax numbers

I hope you will understand why I need all these. The money in question is big and I want to ensure that I know you well before I proceed to give you all the other details to commence the project. I will send the name and contact details of the bank and their website to you so that you can commence communication with them.

As soon as I get the required details from you as listed above, i am going to ask my attorney to draft an agreement letter which i will send to you to sign. Since you will stand as a contractor with Yukos Oil, I will also send to you a document that will put you in place as a contractor with Yukos Oil. It is this document that you will use to cover the funds.

As the authority may/might ask you the origin and source of funds .If you are ready to open the account let me know so that I will forward the Bank information to you. As soon as I am through with the document, I will send them to you.

I want you to see yourself as partner in this transaction, as I have perfected all modalities to actualize this transaction.

I await your email.

Regards,

Mikhail

NB: Find my attached ID for your perusal. I will advice that we keep third parties out of this transaction for now. Pending the time we are able to secure the funds in your account for onward investment.

Dear Partner,

I bring you good greetings from Russia,

This is to acknowledge I received a mail from you with detailed information¡¯s sent over.

I shall send the information¡¯s over to the attorney who will perfect all statutory documents that will enhance the successful release of the fund in your favor.

Furtherance to this, it is proper I inform you that hence we have decided to go into partnership to see that this project gets completed and sealed soonest, there will be need we define our responsibilities before getting far into the project that will help both parties know what is expected of us to do at the very right time however I must state that I do not wish you mention this transaction to your attorney and anybody else and you always contact me directly if you should have any clarifications.

You are expected and will be responsible to set-up an offshore transit account with a reputable bank in Europe which you have already agreed when I will be responsible for all legal charges of perfecting all legal documentations.

These funds will be transferred from where it presently lies into your newly established account with the bank which I am going to introduce to you so we will never have any trouble in future.

I also did inform you that I have mapped out all possible ways to see this project through to success at the long run, hence the need I have decided to explain properly to you why this plan was designed this way.

It would have been very possible getting these funds across to any of your designated account of your choice but its so unfortunate that this method can not be used in executing a project of this sort and magnitude because the monetary body would or might investigate about the fund in question when a large sum of this amount is been transferred into your country. Basically because of this reason I have decided we use the same bank in Europe that has the same transaction terms with our bank/company in Russia and also share the same telex type with our bank.

This method stands as the fastest, safest and easiest means the fund can leave that Escrow account after all document in your name and favor has been filed for application of fund release.

Both finance establishments have signed a transaction agreement terms (My company and the bank) and you are standing as a contractor to my company (Yukos Oil) which is another added advantage we have in getting the fund easily to newly established account with the bank.

Kindly get back to me with your response after you have carefully read through the contents of this email, so I proceed in perfecting the documents in your name and favor and also furnish you with the contact information of the bank so you can make enquiries on how to set-up an offshore transit account with their finance establishment.

All copies of documentations will be sent over to you for your perusal and file records as-well as soon as I read from my attorney will have them prepared.

Also attached is a copy my recent picture for your perusal, I await your timely response to this email

My regards to you and your family

Mikhail.