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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. Nazek Al-Hariri." <mrsnazekh101@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 19:53:08 +0100
Subject: Pls read carefully, Late Rafik Hariri ( former Prime Minister of Lebanon )

Mrs.Nazek Al-Hariri,
President, Hariri Organization
Beirut, Lebanon.
Assalam Alaikum !
Dear Friend,

This message could be strange but real, if you pay some attention to it. I could have notified you about it at least for the sake of your integrity, but due to the urgency that gives me no time, pls do reason along with me.
I am Mrs.Nazek Al-Hariri, wife of the late Prime Minister of Lebanon, Mr. Rafik Al-Hariri, who was assassinated on 14 February 2005, along with 20 Others, near the St. George Hotel in Beirut. Confirmable from the below websites:
<http://www.cedarland.org/haririass.html>
<http://www.ain-al-yaqeen.com/issues/20050225/feat4en.htm>
<http://english.daralhayat.com/Spec/02-2006/Article-20060215-6e660707-c0a8-10ed-0118-a770edfc15a0/story.html>
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Swiss-to-help-find-Hariri-killers/2005/02/17/1108609345039.html>
<http://www.cs.utk.edu/~langston/Pix/Lebanon-Pix/downtown-beirut/tn/hariri-grave.jpg.html>
<http://www.zeitenschrift.net/news/sne-28205-hariri.ihtml>
In the wake of his assassination on 14 February 2005, the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan dispatched a fact-finding mission To investigate the killing. Arriving in Beirut on 25 February, the mission Interviewed Lebanese officials and politicians, from both the Government and opposition, studied the Lebanese investigation and legal Proceedings examined the crime scene and collected evidence. It also Interviewed some Witnesses.
The report emphasizes that it is impossible to identify the culprit until the perpetrators have been brought to justice, but blames the Syrian government, which it charges with exerting influence that goes beyond the reasonable exercise of cooperative or neighborly relations, with primary responsibility for the political tension that preceded the assassination, by its (interference) with the details of governance in Lebanon in a heavy-handed and inflexible manner.Since the perpetrators of these evil act has not been brought to Justice, l have the feelings that l am not also save here in Beirut. I intend leaving for Europe or the United States.
During my husband's regime as the Prime Minister of Lebanon, he realized some reasonable amount of money from various deals that i successfully executed. The money was deposited by my husband in my name, Mrs.Nazek Al-Hariri, in a finance firm in Africa . I have plans to invest this money outside Lebanon,I am contacting you because am looking for a trusted and reliable person that will represent me somewhere in Africa to claim the money on my behalf. I will send a notification letter to the financial institution, that the consignment will be claimed by the family foreign business partner.Why i need a foreign partner is that, as a Lebanese/Arab woman, the tradition forbids me to run any business with my sons (Bahaeddin, Saad, Ayman and Fahd) and they are all still very small and the only daughter ( Hind ) is small too. Since they were not aware of the money from the very first beginning.When i receive your positive response i will then!
give you details to the finance firm, and the amount involved and where exactly the consignment is in Africa.
Best regards and may Allah bless,
Mrs.Nazek Al-Hariri.

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