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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:
  • "your country for safe keeping" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Shua Hasan" <hasanshua@excite.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 17:39:21 +0800
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE


Dear Sir/ Madam,

I duly apologize for infringing on your privacy, if this contact is not acceptable to you as I make this proposals to you as a person of integrity. After due deliberation with my children, we decided to contact you for your needed assistance to secure a family treasure. First, let me start by introducing myself, I am Mrs. Shua Hasan, a mother of three children. I am currently working as a social worker with UNHCR (United Nations High Commission For Refugee)
My husband was also a United nations Relief worker in middle east unit. he was the deputy regional supervisor of UNHCR (United Nations High Commission For Refugees) You must have heard about the renewed fight between the islamic group in Lebanon and the Lebanese military.

My husband Ahmad Hasan was shot on Tuesday 22nd day of may 2007, when a United nation's aid Convoy was attacked by shells explosion. The aid convoy was on the official mission to deliver food and medical materials to the refugees when the incidence happened in the Nahr al-Bared camp here in northern Lebanon. He was taken to hospital but he died the next day. You can visit the following website to see the news;
http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2007/05/un_convoy_attac.php

The reason why I am contacting you is that I found documents leading to some safety deposit that was made by my late husband with a private Security firm. The deposit amounted to $8.5million United States dollars in cash. He told me about it in his dying bed and insisted that I should find a reliable foreign partner to assist me to invest the money. At first I could not believe him but after his death, I I was going through his library collection and to my astonishment I discovered a Certificate of Deposit for the safety deposit with this private security firm, and other documents relating to the safety deposit in a book. The safety deposit which is a trunk, is stocked with hard currency (US Dollars)totaling $8,500,000 which was generated from cash payments from several contracts he executed for United nations.
The reason why I am contacting you is for you to assist me to invest this huge money in your country in your name because I am afraid that the United nation might start to investigate my late husbands bank accounts and any of my family's bank account to find out if he or we is holding back any of their funds. I do not want to return this fund to them because I want to take possesion of it as a compensation for the lost of my husband who died while was on active duty for United Nation. Also the fund can be a future foundation for my three children.

I am not a business women and again the situation in our country is hell and hopeless. It is not safe to keep or invest the fund in a war turn zone like Lebanon. Your assistance is needed to clear this fund out of the Security for subsequent investment.
If you are interested to work with me, we can set up a business partnership with you in your name in your country and it is my wish to invest in property and real estate investment. I will compensate you for your role in this venture and if you are interested, I will inform you my arrangements on how I intend to send the money to you in your country for safe keeping and investment.

For your assistance, my family will offer you 30% of the total sum. If you are interested pls reply me so that we can plan on how to proceed but if you are not interested feel free to decline this offer as it is not mandatory.

Thanks and regards,

Shua Hasan.

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