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

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "hundred thousand 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)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.
• 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.
  • anwar_ham@gawab.com

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Anwar Hamzah." <anwar_ham@gawab.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:48:43 -0800
Subject: Your Assistance Is Needed

From the desk of,
Mr. Anwar Hamzah.
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.

Attn:Sir/Madam,

TRANSFER OF($US 2,100.000.00}TWO MILLION ONE HUNRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS.

I want to transfer(US$2,100.000.00)Two Million One Hundred United States
Dollars,from a Bank here in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia,to an oversea account.Firstly,
I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction. This is by virtue of it's
nature as being utterly confidential.I am sure and have confidence of your ability
and reliability to execute a transaction of this great magnitude.I solicit your
assistance to enable me transfer the said amount into your safe account for
onward investment.You can either provide me with an existing account or to set
up a new Bank account immediately to receive this fund,even an empty a/c can
serve to receive the fund,as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of
this important deal.Trusting in you and believing that you will never let me down
either now or after the fund has been transfered.

I am the personal account officer to a great late INDUSTRIALIST,An Egiptian,who
has an account in one of the top Banks here in Malaysia.The account was opened
in the year 1998 and he died in the year 1999 October 31th without a written or oral
WILL and since then nobody has operated on this account again. Hence,the money
is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing
since the Bank has been sold on Wednesday,the 19th of March 2005 to another
Bank and the management of the Bank is now ready to be tranfered to the new Bank.
If nothing is done urgently the fund will be forever lost.The owner of this account is an
Egiptian and no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it,the
account has no other beneficiary.My investigation through the National immigration
department proved to me as well.that he was single as at the point of his entry into
Malaysia.

The amount in this account is US$2.1 Million(Two Million One Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars).As a matter of fact,I have decided to transfer this fund abroad for
investment.Your assistance as a foreigner is necessary because the management of the
Bank will welcome any foreigner who has the correct information to this account,which I
will give to you immediately,if you are interested in transacting this business with me.

There is no risk in this deal.With my position and my personal contact with the
manager of the Bank,the fund can be transferred to any account you can provide
with assurance that this money will be intact and you will not deal fraudulantly with
me upon the confirmation of it in your account.I will start the first transfer with one Million
[US$1,000.000.00].Upon successful transfer without any disappointment from your side,
We shall re-apply for the claim of the remaining balance of $1,100,000.00 to your account.
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this fund can not be approved to a local
person here,but can only be approved to any foreigner who has the correct information of
the account,which I will provide to you.So you should provide me with your correct account
detail where you will like the fund to be transferred to or you can set up a new account for
the transfer even an empty account will be ok.

At the conclussion of the transfer you will take 30% for your honest committment and
positive contributions to enhancing,that the transaction succeeds,and the remaining 70%
will be for me.As soon as I hear from you, and upon your strong assurance that you will
not let me down once the fund goes into your account, I will then start to process the
transfer of the fund to your account without further delay.If interested please send your
interest for further details.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Anwar Hamzah.
Email: anwar_ham@gawab.com

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