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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: "Mrs. Arafat" <suha1m@hotmail.ro>
Reply-To: suha1_1@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 03:27:14 +0200
Subject: Opportunity

Dear Friend,

I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$75M, which I seek your partnership
in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 4% of the total sum for your
partnership. Can you be my partner on this?

I am Mrs.Suha widow of late President Arafat the president of palestinian
settled in France, where my husband later died of coma. Due to this situation i
decided to change most of my husband's millions of Dollars deposited in Swiss
banks and other countries into other forms of money coded for safe purpose
because my late husbands families have made an arrangements with the Swiss
government and other Europeans countries to freeze all my late husband's
treasures deposited in some Europeans countries.

Hence my lawyer and I decided lying low in france to study the situation till
when things gets better. My late husband's chateaux in southern France was
confiscated by the French government and as such I had to change my identity so
that my investment will not be traced and confiscated. I have deposited the
above sum with a finance company for safekeeping.

The funds are security coded to prevent them from knowing the content. What I
want you to do is to indicate your interest that you will assist us by
receiving the money on our behalf. Please aknowledge this message so that I can
introduce you to my lawyer (Abuhamid) who has the modalities for the claim of
the said funds. I also want you to assist in investing this money by buying
Properties and Stock in Multi-National companies and to engage in other safe
and Non-Speculative investments, but I will not want my identity revealed.May I
at this point emphasise the high level of confidentiality which this business
demands and hope you will not betray the trust and confidence which I repose in
you.

The transaction has to be concluded as early as possible. Hope you will not
assume my letter to be one of the letters we read on the Internet. I am doing
this because my conscience tells me to go ahead. If you are interested kindly
reach me back.

Best Regards,

Mrs.Suha Arafat.


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