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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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• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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Fraud email example:

From: "halimat fhad" <halimat_101@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: halimat_102@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:44:00 +0000
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU???

DEAR FRIEND,
I AM MRS. HALIMAT FAHD BIN ABDUL AZIZ, ONE OF THE SEVERAL WIFES OF THE LATE
KING FAHD BIN ABDUL AZIZ OF SAUDI ARABIA. I PRAY THAT YOU FIND A PLACE IN
YOUR HEART TO BELIEVE MY STORY, CONSIDERING HOW THE NEWS IS MAKING THE ROUND
ABOUT INTERNET SCAM.
I AM A WOMAN THAT HAS BEEN IN SERVITUDE ALL MY LIFE, AS I WAS BORN AND BRED
IN THE PART OF THE WORLD WHERE WOMEN ARE RELEGATED TO THE BACKGROUND IN THE
NAME OF RELIGION, WHERE WOMEN ARE TREATED AS SUB-STANDARD HUMAN BEINGS IN
THE NAME OF RELIGION. IN ALL MY LIFE, I HAVE NEVER KNOWN FREEDOM AND WOULD
NEVER KNOW HOW IT FEELS LIKE TO BE FREE, UNTIL I JOIN MY HUSBAND, THE LATE
KING FAHD, IN THE WORLD BEYOND, EXCEPT FOR SOME DIVINE INTERVENTION.
AS IT IS CUSTOMARY IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD, I AM IN "PUDAH" WHICH MEANS
STAYING INDOORS AND CLOSED TO EVERY OTHER MEN APART FROM YOUR HUSBAND AND
EVEN WHEN I MUST GO OUT, I WILL HAVE TO COVER ALL THE PART OF MY BODY
INCLUDING MY FACE AND UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SOME CLOSE OBSERVER.
AGAINST MY WILL, I WAS FORCED TO MARRY THE LATE KING FAHD AT THE TENDER AGE
OF 21YEARS IN 1992 WHICH WAS BARELY 3YEARS BEFORE THE KING WAS REDUCED TO A
MERE VEGETABLE FROM A SEVERE STROKE ATTACK WHICH HE SUFFERED UNTIL HIS
DEATH. I WAS BETROTHED TO THE THE KING FROM MY YOUTHFUL DAYS, UNDERMINDING
THE FACT THAT HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO BE MY GRAND FATHER, THESE ARE THE KIND OF
HUMAN DEGRADATION WE EXPIRIENCE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD AND THAT IS HOW
UNLUCKY IT COULD BE WHEN A MONARCH OF THE CALIBRE OF FAHD ASKS ONES PARENTS
FOR HER HAND IN MARRIAGE, NOBODY DARE REFUSES HIS WISH.
MY WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN HORRIBLE APART FROM ACCUMULATING WEALTH, WEALTH THAT
I MAY NEVER BE FREE TO ENJOY BECAUSE AS IT IS TRADITIONAL HERE, AT THE DEATH
OF THE KING, I AUTOMATICALLY BELONG TO THE CROWN PRINCE, ABDULLAH, I AND ALL
THAT I POSSESS AND THE SLAVERY CONTINUES FROM THERE, BUT I HAVE RESOLVED NOT
TO LET THIS BE, I HAVE PLANNED TO ELOPE AFTER I HAVE ACTUALISE MY PLANS.
IN ALL THESE YEARS THAT KING FAHD HAS BEEN SICK, I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SAVE UP
SOME MONEY FOR MYSELF WHICH HAS ACCUMULATED TO A TOTAL OF US$15.5MILLION AND
I HAVE TACTICALLY MOVED THESE FUNDS TO A SECURED HABOUR , IF NOT FOR MY
PERSONAL ENJOYMENT, AS I AM PRESENTLY ENSLAVED, AT LEAST FOR MY ONLY SON,
HASSAN WHO IS JUST 11 YEARS OLD AND STILL A MINOR. HASSAN IS THE ONLY
PRODUCT OF THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE KING AND I AND I AM DOING ALL THESE FOR
HIM BECAUSE HE IS ONLY A LAD AND WILL BE ILL TREATED BY HIS NUMEROUS HALF
BROTHERS WHO ARE OLD ENOUGH TO BE HIS GRAND FATHER.
CONSIDERING MY SITUATION AS I HAVE TRUTHFULLY MADE KNOWN TO YOU, I
DESPERATELY NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO MOVE THE FUNDS OUT OF THE SECURITY FIRM
AND INVEST THEM FOR ME, PENDING WHEN MY SON WILL COME OF AGE TO CLAIM HIS
INHERIANCE. I WANT US TO GO INTO A PARTNERSHIP FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT, I AM
SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE I CANNOT TRUST ANY OF MY COUNTRYMEN WITH
THIS DEAL, THEY MIGHT BETRAY ME AND HAVE ME STONED TO DEATH. I AM DOING THIS
FOR MY ONLY SON, IF YOU HAVE THE URGE TO HELP, PLEASE RESPOND AT ONCE AND I
WILL BRING YOU INTO THE FULL DETAILS OF THE MODUS OPERANDI BUT IF MY STORY
DOES COME TO YOU AS A MERE FALACY, DO BE KIND ENOUGH TO IGNORE IT WITHOUT
RAISING AN ALARM.
I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE AS I DO HAVE THE STRONG CONVICTION
THAT YOU WILL ASSIST ME. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE I HAVE CONTACTED WITH THIS
PROPOSAL.
YOURS SINCERELY,
HALIMAT FAHD BIN ABDUL AZIZ

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