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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Nazek Hariri" <mrsh005@excite.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrs_ha007@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:03:08 +0800
Subject: Good day friend

>From Mrs.Nazek Hariri
President,Hariri Organization Beirut,
Email:( mrs_h007@yahoo.com )

Dear Friend,
This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have never met. The 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.

I am Mrs. Nazek Hariri , wife of the late Prime Minister of Lebanon, Mr Rafiq Hariri, who was assassinated on 14 February 2005, along with 20 others,
near the St. George Hotel in.Beirut. 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 theLebanese 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 culprits 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 neighbourly 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 Lebanon for greener pasture. 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 Hariri, in
a Finance Firm outside Lebanon. 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 to claim and to invest the money on my behalf.
I have sent a notification letter to the financier institution, that the funds will be collected by the family foreign business partner. Why l need a
foreign partner is that, as an Arab woman, the Tradition forbids me to run any business with my son (Saadeddine). Since he was not aware of
the money from the very first beginning. When I receive your positive response I will then give you details of
the Finance firm, and the amount involve. My alternative email to be used in replying me is:

Best regards and God bless.
Mrs. Nazek Hariri


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