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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.
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  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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• 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.
  • mrsharririi@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Nazek H. Z. Hariri" <kblack@muskingum.edu>
Reply-To: mrsharririi2005@aol.com
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 00:10:07 -0400
Subject: RE:BUSINESS PROPOSAL (AL- HARIRI ORGANISATION)

Dear Friend,

I am Mrs.Nazek H. Z. 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 the Lebanese 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
culprit 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 neighborly 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 for Europe or the
United States.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 H.
Z. Hariri,in a Finance firm in Europe. 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 in Europe to claim the money on mybehalf.

I have sent a notification letter to the finance
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.

SEE LINKS FOR DETAILS:
http://www.cedarland.org/haririass.html
http://www.ain-al-yaqeen.com/issues/20050225/feat4en.htm
http://english.daralhayat.com/Spec/02-2006/Article-20060215-6e660707-c0a8-10ed-0118-a770edfc15a0/story.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Swiss-to-help-!
find-Hariri-killers/2005/02/17/11 08609345039.html
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~langston/Pix/Lebanon-Pix/downtown-beirut/tn/hariri-grave.jpg.html
http://www.zeitenschrift.net/news/sne-28205-hariri.ihtml


When I receive your positive response I will then give you
details to the Finance firm, and the amount involved.
Best regards and God bless,

Mrs.Nazek H. Z. Hariri.
Email me via my personal email
address:mrsharririi@yahoo.com.hk

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