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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" <morganama@idncafe.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: suara@walla.com
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 04:22:25 +0100
Subject: A CALL FOR HELP

Dear Sir,

I am Mrs. Suha Arafat, the wife of Yasser Arafat, the
Palestinian leader who died recently in Paris France.
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 headed by MAHMOUD ABBAS.
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.And they are not relenting on their effort to
make me poor for life. As you know, the Moslem community
has no regards for woman,more importantly when the woman
is from a christian background,hence my desire for a
foreign assistance.I and my late husband deposited the
sum of 6.5 million dollars with a Financial firm in
Europe/Canada whose name is withheld for now until
we open communication.I shall be grateful if you could
receive this fund into your bank account for safe keeping
and any Investment opportunity.This arrangement will be
known to you and I alone and all our correspondence should
be strictly on email alone because our government has tapped
all my lines and are monitoring all my moves.

In view of the above, if you are willing to assist for our
mutual benefits, i promise to give you 30% of the $6,500,000
that will be kept in your position for a while and invested
in your name for my trust pending when my Daughter, ZAHWA,
will come off age and take full responsibility of her Family
inheritance.Please note that this is a golden opportunity
that comes once in life time and more so, if you are honest,
I am going to entrust more funds in your care as this is one
of the legacy we keep for our children. In case you don't
accept please do not let me out to the security and
international media as I am giving you this information
in total trust and confidence I will greatly appreciate
if you accept my proposal in good faith.


Yours sincerely,

Mrs.Suha Arafat
Reply email: suara@walla.com


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