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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: abdul_waheed@tiscali.it
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 13:17:00 -0800
Subject: Urgent Respond

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Abdul Waheed, the erstwhile financial Adviser to the incasarated
President of Islamic Republic of Iraq, after the President went into hiding
in Tikrit,due to the invasion of Iraq by the United States, The United States
Lead Coalition Forces caught him and he has being in Prison for over three
months now. They have confisticated all his assest and killed two of his
sons. All tribal Iraqi Leaders had also abandoned him to his faith.

In my tenure in office i had acquired a lot of wealth from Petroleum sales.
When my country was invaded, there was war, I have presently lost my wife
and two daugthers, I am hiding somewhere in Bahgdad,the Interim National
Government of Iraq and the US led forces are hunting all members of the
former Sadam Hussein's government, which I am one of them. I was having
millions of dollars in a safe at home before the war, actually during Sadam's
regime we do not keep money in banks. I had managed with every contact I
had to keep this money in safe custody till date.

In Iraq today women are given high priority and through an aide worker I
managed to lodge this money in a money vault in Canada.The purpose of my
letter to you is for your assistance in helping me to keep this money safe,
and please do not cheat me this is my only hope. Presently i can't leave
Iraq now but the Interim National Govrnemnt of Iraq are offering all resistant
citizen of Iraq an Amnesty and to join to build the new Iraq. I will at
your acceptance and open communication with me, release to you information
on who to contact in Canada for release of the funds.

Please if you are ready send to me your contact telephone and fax number
and I will breif you more details, for now I remain undercover until we
establish contact, this is for our mutual benefit, and no risk involved,
please keep sealed lips over this until we suceed.
For security reasons do not respond to this mails address please send your
responses to abdul_waheed20770@yahoo.com to continue correspondence.

Thank you!

Regards
Abdul Waheed


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