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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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:

• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ridwan Wasim" <mr.wasim@excite.de> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 14:06:11 +0400
Subject: GOOD {VERY URGENT MATTER!!! }

VERY URGENT MATTER!!!

I am Ridwan Wasim a Lebanese now in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Due to the war in my country with Israelis but I was able to cross the border to Dubai. I am contacting you on behalf of late Bill martin a Canadian Foreigner who was a contractor in Lebanon. Who died on the attack of the Israelis in Beirut.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by late Bill Martin before they get confiscated the funds, this huge money that was deposited with THE SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE where the deceased have valued at about US$24Million (twenty four million dollars) deposited with the company .

We shall share the money thus as partners while 20% will be used to Re-imbrues any expenses that might be incurred on both ends. I have all the necessary legal documents that will be adjusted to favors you and to back up any claim we may make at the company. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Yours truly,
Ridwan Wasim
Remember to keep this transaction very confidential.

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