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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • nasekha01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS NAZEK AL- HARIRI" <nasekha01@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2006 12:38:16 +0000
Subject: I wait your response

Mrs.Nazek Al-Hariri,
President, Hariri Organization
Beirut, Lebanon.
Dear Friend,

This 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,
but due to the urgency that gives me no time, pls do reason along with me.

I am Mrs.Nazek Al-Hariri, wife of the late Prime Minister of Lebanon, Mr.
Rafik Al-Hariri, who was assassinated on 14 February 2005, along with 20
Others, near the St. George Hotel in Beirut. Confirmable from the below
websites:

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-0118a770edfc15a0/story.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Swiss-to-help-find-Haririkillers/2005/02/17/1108609345039.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

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
Al-Hariri, in a finance firm in Africa, but right now the consignment had
been transfer through diplomatic courier service to Germany . 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 somewhere in
Germany to claim the money on my behalf. I will send a notification letter
to the financial institution , that the consignment will be claimed by the
family foreign business partner. Why i need a foreign partner is that, as a
Lebanese/Arab woman, the tradition forbids me to run any business with my
sons (Bahaeddin, Saad, Ayman and Fahd) and they are all still very small and
the only daughter ( Hind ) is small too.

Since they were not aware of the money from the very first beginning. When i
receive your positive response i will then give you details to the finance
firm, and the amount involved and where exactly the consignment is in
Germany.


Here's my alternative email address: nasekha01@yahoo.com




Best regards and may Allah bless,
Mrs.Nazek Al-Hariri.

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