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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: 12 Oct 2008 23:01:13 -0000
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam

Dear Sir/Madam

I am Mrs.Nazek Hariri, wife of the late Prime Minister of Lebanon, Mr Rafiq Hariri, who was assassinated on 14 February 2005, along with 20 others, near the

St. George Hotel in Beirut. it's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country, though I have not met with

you before but I believe one has to risk, confounding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.

I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$25million, which I seek your Partnership in accommodating for me,deposited by my late husband in a security

company in EUROPE before he was assasinated by unknown people suspected to be his fellow political associates .You will be rewarded with 20% of the total sum

for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this?

I want you to assist me in retrieving this money from the security company. Due to the up rising of political crisis in Lebanon.

All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the Above quoted Sum and I will re-profile the funds with your Name, which will enable The European

Firm transfer the sum to you and equally invest it on his behalf in your country.


Please Contact Me via My Private Email:

Personal Name:Mrs.Nazek Hariri
Email:mrsnazekhariri1@live.com

The transaction has to be concluded soon. I Will provide you with the details.

Thank you very much.

Regards

Mrs.Nazek Hariri

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