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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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• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • saudicommitte@myway.com

Fraud email example:

From: alhassanbin5k@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 18:22:19 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Saudi=20Committee=20for=20the=20Development=20of=20International=20Trade=20=28scdit=29?=

Saudi Committee for the Development of International Trade (scdit)
SAUDI FOREIGN TRADE REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE #15, MORGAN, MANSIONS, MORGAN
ROAD,N7 8NA,LONDON,UK. WEB SITE: http://www.saudi-trade-mission.org/


MY DEAR,

The Saudi Trade and Investment Commission has been at the forefront of
forging a close and dynamic Business relationship with your Country.

Our achievements over the past seven decades have been spectacular and we
look to the future with great hope and expectation. Since 1995, the Committee
for International Trade, Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce and Industry
1730 M Street, NW, Suite 503 Washington,DC 20036 has embarked upon the
bringing of our Saudi businessmen and Investors into close working relationship
and partnership with the business community in your country. This we do
from the office of the " Saudi Committee for the Development of International
Trade (scdit) office" in London. U.K.

The Objective of this Letter is to inform you that we have a group of Saudi
Investors who want to invest in your country, and are looking for Individuals
and companies to partner them in this regard. They want to bring funds
for investment in the areas of Shares and Stock purchase, investment in
information technology and biotechnology industry and also real estate.
The Saudi Investment office is providing the clearing house for this venture
and all interested persons should contact our embassy office so that we
can broker a direct relationship with the business Group for investment
or reply to me directly and send also your telephone number, physical address
and companies name if any.

NOTE:CRUDE AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS CAN ALSO BE SUPPPLIED TO INTENDING INTERNATIONAL
BUYERS FROM SAUDI ARAMCO OIL .Pls reply to this private email address. Email:saudicommitte@myway.com

Best Wishes.
Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz,
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
AL.Hassan Bin
DIRECTOR

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