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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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• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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.
  • sara_kazim@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Sarah Kazim" <sara_kazim@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sarah_1kazim@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 10:13:42 +0400
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE

Asalamnmaleikum,

Greetings to you and I hope this message reaches you in good health and
sound mind.

I am Mrs. Sarah Kazim and I come from Sudan but now
under high care intesive unit by my employed nurses.

I have a profitable proposal for you.

I was the Financial Manager to a well known International Business man
in Iraq Mr. MALIDI OMAR . He died along side with his wife and entire
family in a Bomb blast in Iraq. I managed to escape with series of
Injuries and was later brought to Dubai for medical attention, Where I
was treated and recovered fully. presently I cannot walk, I am using a
wheel chair.

Mr. MALIDI OMAR Trusted me with his family and properties, he gave me
so many documents to help him keep ranging from his WILL, BANK ACCOUNT
DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS, BUSINESS AGREEMENTS, ACCOUNT STATEMENTS
and so many others. So many of these documents were destroyed by the
fire that erupted when the Bomb exploded.


The only valid document not completely destroyed is the copy of the
Certificate of Deposit of funds he deposited with a Amro credit international bank
in London UNITED KINGDOM.

My late boss has USD$16.5 Million in a Fixed
deposit account with the Amro credit international bank.

He did not indicate on the Certificate of Deposit a next of Kin. For this reason, I am
contacting you, so that you can act as the next of Kin to this account.


Understand that there shall be no risk involved at all.

I have an experience as I once worked with HSBC bank in Canada and I have
experience in this field. Kindly show interest by getting back to me
through my secured E-mail: sara_kazim@yahoo.com

I wait to hear from you soonest.

Thank you,

Mrs.Sarah Kazim

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