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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:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "is highly confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447005803954 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448701417183 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • air_diplomats@hushmail.com

Fraud email example:

From: "saeed ahmed" <saeed_ahmed78@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:40:57 +0000
Subject: THE SECURITY COMPANY CONTACT IN LONDON, CONTACT THEM BY EMAIL, PHONE OR FAX

DEAR JUSTIN,

THANKS FOR YOUR MAIL AND I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM ORIGINALLY
FROM DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES BUT GREW UP IN EUROPE AND ONLY
SETTLED IN DUBAI IN MY LATER YEARS WHEN BUSINESS STARTED BECOMING VERY GOOD
FOR ME AND I THOUGHT I OWNED THE WORLD. I AM VERY SICK AND I CANT GET THE
MONEY MYSELF AND THE MONEY IS IN A SECURITY COMPANY IN LONDON WHICH I AM
GIVING YOU THEIR CONTACT ADDRESS SO THAT YOU WILL CONTACT THEM AND THEY WILL
SHIP THE 2 BOXES CONTAINING THE MONEY TO YOUR HOME VIA DIPLOMATIC MEANS WHEN
YOU HAVE PAID FOR THE SHIPMENT AND DEMORRAGES WHICH IS YET TO BE PAID SINCE
I SENT IT THERE FOR SAVE KEEPING BECAUSE THEY CHARGE FOR THIS.

LIKE I HAVE TOLD YOU IN MY LAST MAIL THAT I WAS VERY RICH BUT VERY WICKED
AND ARROGANT.I TOOK LIFE AS IF I WAS ALMIGHTY ALLAH UNTIL I GOT THIS CANCER
THAT HAS MADE ME REALISE MYSELF AND ALSO MADE ME REPENTED AND SO YOU MUST DO
WHAT I ASKED YOU TO DO BY MAKING SURE THAT AFTER YOU CLAIM THIS BOXES OF
MONEY,DISTRIBUTE IT TO MOTHERLESS BABIES, ORPHANGE HOMES,CHARITY
ORGNAISATIONS AND ALSO TO THE POOR AND IT WILL BE THE LAST GOOD THING THAT I
HAVE DONE BEFORE I DIE BECAUSE THE DOCTORS HAVE SAID I CANNOT MAKE IT AND I
HOPE YOU CAN SEE THAT FROM MY PICTURES.

THIS IS ONE WAY THAT I HAVE CHOOSEN TO RECONCILE MY DIFFERENCES WITH ALLAH
AFTER I HAVE PRAYED TO HIM AND HE ALSO DIRECTED ME TO DO THIS. ALSO PLEASE
TELL ME WHAT KIND OF WORK DO YOU DO, AND WHAT IS YOUR AGE WHEN NEXT YOU
REPLY ME. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE ACTUAL CONTENT OF THIS BOXES
CONTAINING MY MONEY OF $18 DOLLARS WAS NOT MADE KNOWN BY ME TO THE SECURITY
COMPANY SO DO NOT IN ANYWAY MENTION THAT TO THEM IF YOU DO,THEY WILL CLAIM
THE MONEY AND YOU CAN NEVER GET IT. THE BOXES WERE SHIPPED TO THE SECURITY
COMPANY THROUGH DIPLOMATIC MEANS TO LONDON WHICH I PARKED THE $18M DOLLARS
INSIDE THE BOXES VERY CAREFULLY AND CODED IN SUCH A WAY THAT NOBODY WILL
EVER KNOW EXCEPT I TELL YOU.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO CLAIM THIS BOXES OF MY MONEY IS TO EMAIL THE SECURITY
COMPANY IN LONDON AND AFTER YOU SENT THEM A MAIL,ALSO GIVE THEM A CALL TO
TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE READY TO CLAIM THE 2 BIG BOXES OF CONSIGMENT WHICH
WAS DEPOSITED IN THEIR SECURITY COMPANY BY ME "MR SAEED AHMED" RIGHT NOW
THERE ARE SOME DUMORRAGES WHICH HAS ACCRUED SINCE I DEPOSITED IT IN THEIR
CARE WHICH HAS TO BE PAID BEFORE THE BOXES ARE RELEASED TO YOU AND THIS MUST
BE SETTLED AND PAID FOR BEFORE THE BOXES ARE REALESED TO YOU.

AFTER YOU HAVE DONE THIS,THE SECURITY COMPANY WILL NOW ASK YOU FOR SOME
DOCUMENTS WHICH I HAVE TO GIVE YOU TO PRESENT TO THEM BEFORE THEY WILL
RELEASE THE BOXES TO YOU AND ALL THIS DOCUMENTS ARE HERE WITH ME. I WILL
SEND THEM TO YOU AFTER THEY HAVE ASKED YOU TO BRING IT BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS
DOCUMENTS THE BOXES WILL NEVER BE RELEASED TO YOU BECAUSE IT IS THEIR
PROCEDURES AND IT IS ALSO MY DIRECTIVES.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO TRAVEL TO LONDON TO SEE THINGS FOR YOURSELF IF YOU
CAN AS THIS WILL CONVINCE YOU BUT IF YOU CANNOT TRAVEL TO LONDON,YOU CAN ASK
THE SECURITY COMPANY TO SHIP THE BOXES VIA DIPLOMATIC MEANS TO YOUR DOOR
STEP AT YOUR HOUSE AND THEY WILL DO THAT MOST SINCERELY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS TO PAY FOR THE SHIPPMENT BUT SEEING IS BELIEVING, SO TRY AND TRAVEL TO
THE LONDON.

THIS IS THE CONTACT OF THE SECURITY COMPANY IN LONDON WHERE THE 2 BOXES ARE
RIGHT NOW:


NAME OF SECURITY COMPANY: AIRSURE DIPLOMATIC COURIER SERVICES

CONTACT PERSON : MR JOE FRANK

PHONE : +44 870 141 7183

FAX : +44 700 58 039 54

e-MAIL : air_diplomats@hushmail.com

I HOPE YOU WILL DO WHAT I HAVE REALLY ASKED YOU TO DO WITH THIS MONEY AND I
CAN TRUST YOU FOR THAT. I DO NOT HAVE A PHONE NOW BECAUSE I AM IN THE
HOSPITAL AND I CAN ONLY MAIL YOU WHICH IS THE ONLY MEANS OF
COMMUNICATION.THE DOCTORS HAVE WARNED ME AGAIST THE USE OF COMPUTER
REGULARLY AND BEING ON THE INTERNET BECAUSE THEY SAY IT SERIOUSLY AFFECT MY
HEALTH AND THE LIFE SUSTAINING MACHINES. THIS IS THE LAST MONEY WHICH I HAVE
NOW AND THIS HOW I HAVE PLANNED TO DO THIS GOOD THINGS BEFORE I DIE AFTER MY
FAMILY HAVE ALREADY TAKEN POSSESSION OF ALL MY ASSETS AND OTHER CASH WHICH I
GAVE THEM TO DISTRIBUTE WHICH THEY FREEZED TO THEMSELVES.

MIND YOU THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP THIS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE MY FAMILY IS
A LARGE FAMILY SCARTERED ALL OVER AND IF THEY KNOW THAT I MUST HAVE SOME
MORE CASH SOMEWHERE,THEY WILL COME AFTER YOU AND TAKE IT FROM YOU AND EVEN
TRY TO HURT YOU. SO THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ANY OF MY MONEY OR PROPERTY TO
FREEZE. RIGHT NOW,NOBODY VISITS ME IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE MY FAMILIES ARE
ALL OVER THE COMPOUND WAITING FOR ANYBODY WHO MIGHT WANT TO COME TO SEE ME
AND IF THEY SEE THE PERSON,THEY WILL THINK THE PERSON MUST HAVE SOME OF MY
PROPERTIES AND CASH MONEY SO THEY WILL WANT TO KIDNAP THE PERSON FOR FUTHER
INTEROGATION TO FIND OUT WHERE ANY OF MY CASH OR PROPERTY MIGHT BE. SO IF
YOU CAN DO THINGS ON YOUR OWN WITH MY ADVISES,THEN THERE WONT BE ANY
PROBLEMS.

SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE TO DO THINGS YOUR WAY UNTIL YOU HAVE THE
BOXES OF MY MONEY. SOMETIMES I DONT BLAME THEM FOR THEIR ACTIONS BECUASE I
DESERVE IT BUT SINCE THIS IS THE LAST MONEY WHICH I HAVE,DOING THIS FOR ME
WILL SURELY MAKE ME REST WELL IN THE ARMS OF ALLAH WHEN I FINALLY DIE. IF
ALLAH STILL KEEPS ME ALIVE AFTER YOU HAVE THE BOXES AND FINISH THE
DISTRIBUTIONS OF MY MONEY,I WILL ARRANGE A WAY WE CAN MEET IN DUBAI BUT FOR
NOW PLEASE, DO AS I HAVE ASKED YOU AND IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I DECIDED
TO SEEK A FORIEGN HELP AND I THANK ALLAH I GOT YOU AND I WANT YOU TO BE
HONEST BECAUSE I AM TRUSTING YOU THAT YOU WILL SURELY DISTRIBUTE MY MONEY TO
THE VARIOUS PEOPLE I HAVE ASKED YOU TO DISTRIBUTE TO.

FINALLY,I WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO BUILD A MOSQUE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD FOR
WORSHIP AND NAME IT AFTER ME. PLEASE CONTACT THE SECURITY COMPANY AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE AS TIME IS RUNNING OUT ON MY SIDE. I EGARELY AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE.
MY REGARDS TO YOUR FAMILY.

BEST REGARDS,

SAEED AHMED.

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