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icleID=60402243 Hussein's Millions Up For Grabs In Nigerian-Style Scam Feb. 18, 2005 A variation of the infamous Nigerian scam starring Saddam Hussein and various henchmen is circulating via e-mail, a U.K. security firm says. TechWeb News A variation of the infamous Nigerian scam starring Saddam Hussein and various henchmen is circulating via e-mail, said a U.K. security firm Friday. According to BlackSpider Technologies, spam hitting the U.K. is offering a share in the private fortunes of Hussein and his closest aids in return for hiding large amounts of money in British bank accounts. The millions were supposedly made by senior Iraqi officials during the oil for food program of the United Nations. The e-mail goes on to claim that the recent elections in Iraq put the legal wheels in motion to seize the money, requiring the ex-aids to search for another hiding spot for their ill-gotten gains. The e-mail opens with, "I am Dr. Samir Hassan leading counsel to some member of the deposed former president of Iraq Saddam Hussein is soliciting for private individual who will be willing to keep some million of dollars stash in their private hoses [sic] in their secret places of this cabinet ministers." The scam promises 10 percent to anyone who will help hide the funds by providing their bank account so a transfer can be made. No such transfer will take place, of course; instead, the scam will siphon money from the victim's bank account or demand up-front "good faith" payments in cash. "It's a rather more sinister variation on the Nigerian 419 advanced fee fraud," said John Cheney, the chief executive of BlackSpider, in a statement. " Spammers are starting to play on political or religious beliefs, rather than just personal greed, to pull off financial scams." He also said that if past history was any guide, to expect more of the same. "Although the number of these e-mails in circulation is relatively low, it's likely to increase over the next few weeks." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
