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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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)
  • "your urgent reply" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "i have a new email address!" (this SPAM email was sent to thousands of people)
• This email message is a "dying merchant" 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.
  • yusuf_919@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: yusuf Al_zarqawi <yusuf_919@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: yusuff60@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 06:23:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT REPLY


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: yusuf_919@yahoo.com

Dear Friend,

I am Al-Zarqawi Yusuf, A merchant in Dubai, United Arab

Emirate ( UAE).

I have been diagnosed with Cancer, which was discovered very

late, due

to my laxity in caring for my health. It has defiled all

forms of

medicine; Right now I have only about a few months to live,

according

to my Medical Doctor. I have not particularly lived my life

so well, as

I never really cared for myself but the Oil business.

Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I only focused

on my

business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I

regret all

this as I now know that there is more to life than just

wanting to have

or make all the money in the world.

I believe when Allah gives me a second chance and heal me I

would

live my life a different way from how I have lived it.

I have sowed a seed for my healing I have willed and given

most of my

properties and assets to my immediate and extended family

members and

as well as a few close friends.

I want Allah to be merciful to me and accept my soul and so,

I have

decided to give arms to charity organizations and give

succor and

comfort to the less privileged of the Tsunami and Hurricane

Katrina

Victims, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I

do on earth

so far, by distributed some of this money to some charity

organizations

in India.

Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do

this my self

anymore.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my

accounts in Saudi

Bank and distribute the money which I have there to

charityorganization

and to the less privileged in Bulgaria and Sudan. They

cashed the

money but kept it only to themselves.Hence I do not trust

them

anymore,as they seem not to be contended with what I have

left for them

already.

The last of my money, which no one knows of, is the huge

cash deposit

of Twenty Two Million United States Dollars ( US$ 22

Million) that I

have in the Vault of The Security Company in Europe as

family valuable

since the year 2003 for safekeeping.

I want you to collect this deposit on my behalf and disburse

it to the

Tsunami Earthquake victims in Asia for the less privileged.

Please

send me a mail to indicate your wiliness to assist in this

disbursement.

I will set aside 10% for you for your time and efforts. I

need your

urgent reply with your full name and address, your Phone and

Fax

numbers and your Occupation so that I will not have to go on

sourcing

for a credible person to handle this project for himself and

the rest

of the less privileged.

So be free to send the below information to enable me

submit it to the company as the sole beneficiary.

FULL NAMES

CONTACT ADDRESS

PHONE NUMBER

AGE

OCCUPATION

YOUR MARITAL STATUS

I will also plead to you to always pray for me because only

Allah heals.

Al-Zarqawi Yusuf.



- yusuf Al_zarqawi

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