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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. Suha Arafat" <ahmedfassou0@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: msua01@myway.com
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 12:48:35 +0000
Subject:

Dear Attin,

This mail may not be surprising to you if you have been following current events in the international media with reference to the Middle East and Palestine in particular.

I am Mrs. Suha Arafat, the wife of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader who died recently in Paris.
Since his death and even prior to the announcement,
I have been thrown into a state of antagonism, confusion, humiliation, frustration and
hopelessness by the present leadership of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and
the new Prime Minister. I have even been subjected to physical and psychological torture.
As a widow that is so traumatized,
I have lost confidence with everybody in the country at the moment.

You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the discovery of some fund in my husband secret bank account and companies and
the allegations of some huge sums of money deposited by my husband in my name of which I have refuses to disclose or give up to the corrupt Palestine Government.
I my self, have some money that my late husman ask me to keep in bank 10.6million euro.
Therefore,i 'm seriously seaching for reliable person with dignity and trust .that can able to keep this transaction secret,
the money is in one of the bank in EUROPE and could not be mention at this moment.
try and keep in touch in further to transfer the money to your account.
best regrad
Mrs. Suha Arafat

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