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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: "Ahmed Shashi" <ahmed@ahmedshashi2.com>
Reply-To: ahmedsh6@o2.pl
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:44:06 +0000
Subject: AHMED HASHI LAW CHAMBERS

AHMED HASHI LAW CHAMBERS
LEGAL SOLICITORS/PRIVATE LAWYERS
LONDON W1H 5AA


Attn: Sir

My name is Ahmed Hashi, Principal Partner in Ahmed Hashi Law
Chambers,London,UK. I use to be a personal attorney to Mr. Mohammed Saibi
who was the chairman of Algosaibi Diving and Marine Services in Dhahran,
Saudi Arabia. Mr. Saibi died late last year of heart attack at the ripe age
of 79 years.

Mr. Mohammed Saibi a Saudi Arabia Philanthropist, before he died,made a Will
in my law firm stating that $5.2M (Five million, Two Hundred Thousand U.S.
dollars only) should be donated to any charity home of our choice overseas
as his last contribution to humanity when it became obvious that he will not
be alive for too long. His only son, Rasheed Saibi and his entire family has
no knowledge of this.However,I am very much aware that he has left enough
wealth that will last his generation a life time. The true situation at the
moment is that the said amount of money was deposited with a security
company only to be paid out to a charity home. The charity home/organization
would have to be picked by my law office. This implies that you will stand
as the beneficiary to this Will so that the funds could be processed and
transferred to your account if you are ready and in a position to assist me.
You do not need to have a charity organization, all you need do is to
declare your interest and show seriousness. The paper works to present you,
as I will do the beneficiary’s am particularly interested in securing this
money from the Security company because they have issued a notice
instructing us to produce the beneficiary of this Will as soon as possible,
else the account would be made dormant since Mr. Saibi was ill for a long
period of time before his demise.

If you are interested in assisting me, I will give you 30% of the entire
funds after paying taxes due to your government and expenses during the
course of this deal withdrawn from it. The balance will be mine although I
intend to send some of it to a charity organization. I urge you to contact
me immediately for further details if you are satisfied with my proposition
and feel you are in a position to assist me.Bearing in mind the confidential
nature of this transaction, I will prefer you respond through mail.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Ahmed Hashi Esq.
For: Ahmed Hashi Law Chambers.

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