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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Fraud email example:

From: samirahussein20042000@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 17:07:47 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?DEAR=20FRIEND?=

DEAR FRIEND,

I GREET YOU IN THE NAME OF ALLAH.I COME TO YOU WITH A SINCERE HEART BELIEVING
IN ALMIGHTY ALLAH THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER MY PLIGHT, HELP ME AND ALSO BENEFIT
FROM ME.

MY NAME IS SAMIRA HUSSEIN FOURT WIFE OF FORMER IRAQI PRESIDENT SADDAM
HUSSEIN.BEFORE I PROCEED PLEASE ACCEPT MY APPOLOGY FOR THE EMMBARASMENT
THIS MAIL MIGHT COUSE YOU FOR COMING FROM A TOTAL STRANGER WHO YOU DO NOT
KNOW.I WRITE TO YOU IN GOOD FAITH.ACTUALLY I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM THE INTERNET.
PLEASE DO NOT FEEL BAD ABOUT IT BECOUSE I AM COMPELLED TO REACH YOU DUE
TO THE URGENT NEED TO SAFE GUARD THE MONEY IN QUESTION.ONCE AGAI FORGIVE
ME AND COME TO MY AID.

SOME TIME AROUND APRIL 2003 AFTER THE AMERICAN FORCES HAVE INVADED IRAQI.MY
HUSBAND SADDAM HUSSEIN ENTRUSTED TO ME THE SUM OF $21M CASH (TWENTY ONE
MILLION US DOLLAR) DUE TO THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE HE HAD IN ME.THIS MONEY
WAS MEANT FOR THE UPKEEP OF OUR FAMILY.AS YOU ARE AWARE MY HUSBAND WAS LATER
TAKEN AND DETAINED BY AMERICAN FORCES IN IRAQI.THE AMOUNT OF $21M CASH WAS
DEPOSITED WITH A SECURITY COMPANY WHICH I WILL DISCLOSE IN SUBSEQUENT MAIL
IN A GIANT TRUCK BOX AS A DIPLOMATIC CONSIGNMENT.

I WRITE TO SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE FOR THE MONEY TO BE
TRANFERED TO YOUR CUSTODY. BASED ON THE BUSSINESS TRUST THAT I HAVE ON YOU.I
WILL LIKE YOU TO COME FORWARD AND RECEIVE THE CONSIGNMENT CONTAINING THE
MONEY IN CASH ON OUR BEHALF FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY FOR SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT
BETWEEN YOU AND US.UNDERSTAND WE ARE SOLICITING YOUR ASSISTANCE BECOUSE
THE PRESENT IRAQI GOVERNMENT IS SEIZING/FREEZING ANY BANK OR VALUABLE BELONGING
TO THE FORMER PRESIDENTS FAMILY AND RELATIVES.INFACT WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH
MONEY NOW TO SUSTAIN OUR FAMILY SO, I WILL APPRECIATE IF YOU CAN CONSIDER
OUR PLIGHT AND ASSIST US.FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE WE HAVE AGREED TO COMPENSATE
YOU WITH 20% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT WHILE THE REMAINING 80% IS FOR US.WE HOPE
TO INVEST PART OF OUR SHARE IN YOUR COUNTRY ON VIABLE AREA OF INVESTMENT
AS YOU MAY ADVISE US.

IF YOU ARE INTRESTED YOU WILL NEED TO VISIT THE SECURITY COMPANY FOR CLEARANCE
OF THE CONSIGNMENT.I ASSURE YOU THAT THIS CONSIGNMENT IS 100% RISK FREE.PLEASE
I INPLORE YOU TO KEEP THIS TRANSACTION ABSOLUTELY SECRET AGAINST ANY NEGATIVE
EXPOSURE.I WILL LIKE YOU TO CONTACT ME IMMEDIETLY SO WE CAN PROCEED WITH
THE BUSSINESS.YOU SHOULD PLEASE ON REPLY ENCLOSE YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE
AND FAX NUMBER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE CONFIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

BEST REGARDS,
MRS SAMIRA HUSSEIN






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