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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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: <mrchrishall1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:11:58 -0500
Subject: URGENT

Dear Friend,
I am Mr. Christopher Hall the attorney to MRS SUHA ARAFAT, the wife of
YASSER ARAFAT, the Palestinian leader who died in Paris. Since his
death and even prior to the announcement, my client Mrs Arafat 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. She have even been subjected
to
physical and psychological torture. As a widow that is so traumatized,
she have lost confidence with everybody in Her country at the moment.
You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the
discovery of some fund in her husband secret bank account and
companies and
the allegations of some huge sums of money deposited by her husband in
her name of which she have refuses to disclose or give up to the
corrupt Palestine Government. In fact the total sum allegedly
discovered by
the Government so far is in the tune of about $6.5 Billion Dollar!
s. And they are not relenting on their effort to make her poor for
life. As you know, the Moslem community has no regards for woman, hence
her desire for a foreign assistance.You can visit the BBC news
broadcast
below for better understanding of what I am talking about.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3479937.stm"
target=_blank
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3479937.stm"
target=_blank >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3479937.stm" target=_blank
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3479937.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3995769.stm"
target=_blank
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3995769.stm"
target=_blank >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3995769.stm" target=_blank
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3995769.stm

She have deposited the sum of 18 million dollars with a security firm
abroad whose name is withheld for now until we open communication. It
is on this note that she have asked me to look for a very good
trustworthy and God fearing person to help her receive this fund into
his or her
account while she come to join the person and start a new life all
over. I am base in london right now. I shall be grateful if you could
receive this fund into your bank account for safe keeping and any
Investment
opportunity.This arrangement is known to you me and my client Mrs
Arafat.

In view of the above, if you are willing to assist for our mutual
benefits, we will have to negotiate on your Percentage share of the
$18million that will be kept in your position for a while and invested
in your name for her trust pending when her Daughter, Zahwa, will come
off age and take full responsibility of her Family Estate/inheritance.

If you are intrested to help complete this transaction then let me
hear from you on time because of the urgency of this transaction.You
are
to contact me on this email address ( mrhall@pc.nu ) and send me your
full names and your contact telephone numbers,cell number for me to
contact you for us to proceed immediately.Please expedite action is
needed.

Yours sincerely
Christopher Hall
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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