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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.
• 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.
  • joniamas4@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: joniamas2@aim.com
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:45:10 +0200
Subject: Mr. Joni Amas (Very Important)

From: Mr. Joni Amas
Email:joniamas4@yahoo.co.uk

Attn: Sir/madam,

Good day and best wishes in all your endeavors. It gives me great privilege to contact you of a chance in a
possibility of soliciting with you as a foreign partner to work things out together to enhance a great
diversity of fund that has been trapped down in our financial institution due to the death of
Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri ( Five times Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992-1998 and 2000-2004).
For more information please log on to (http://www.hariri.info) .


Late Rafik Hariri was assassinated on February 14, 2005 when explosives equivalent to around 300 kg of C4
were detonated as his motorcade drove past the Saint George Hotel in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

I seek this chance as if am about to retire from the bank to ask for your support to acquit this fund As
the accountant general of the bank, I can be able to provide the necessary documents needed and the proof
needed with legally backed for you to be the Next of Kin/legal beneficiary of the deceased only by your
interest

This fund when finally cleared by the bank to you as the Next of Kin/legal beneficiary through my provided
contacts and transferred to any nominated bank chosen for sharing among us I will agree to make it
a 60/40 share with you, as I am now on the verge of my retirement from the bank having served the bank
for many years

I strongly look forward to hearing from you, as I will make every arrangement of this transaction to
be 100% risk free and secured.

Contacts me on direct on email: Mr. joniamas4@yahoo.co.uk


Looking forward to hear from you.


Regards,

Mr. Joni Amas

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