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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
  • "cheques " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash)
• This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
  
  1. They don't notify winners by email.
  2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
  3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
  4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
  5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
  6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
  7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "malik hafeez" <barristermalik_hafeez@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:52:06 +0700
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGEMT AND YOUR WINNER AWARD CERTIFICATE / CLIAM REQIRMENT




FROM.BARRISTER MALIK HAFEEZ ESQ
FUDICIARY AGENT EURO-AFRO ASIAN
SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL .
TEL: 62- 85676-22239 OR + 62-8176-704877
OFFICE ADDR: NO17/18 GATOT SOEBROTO RAYA.
2ND FLOOR NO. 13 ANDRIANO BUILDING.
JAKARTA INDONESIA

ATTENTION:

THIS IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF YOUR MAIL AND YOUR CONTACT DETAILS ARE
WELL NOTED TOGETHER WITH YOUR REF NUMBER, BATCH NUMBER AND YOUR WINNING
NUMBER, IS CONFIRMED AS ONE OF THE LUCKY WINNER.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT;

1. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CORRECT ADDRESS ARE FORWARDED TO US BECAUSE
ALL NON EUROPIAN WINNERS WILL HAVE THEIR CHEQUES DELIVERED TO THEM WITH
THEIR GIVEN ADDRESSES THROUGH OUR APPOINTED DELIVERY OFFICER COURIER
SERVICE.

2. YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT PHOTOCOPY, IDENTIFICATION CARD OR YOUR
DRIVING LICENCE HAS TO BE SENT TO ME BY E-MAIL, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR A
PROPER IDENTIFICATION BY THE APPOINTED DELIVERY OFFICER WHEN HE ARRIVED IN
YOUR COUNTRY FOR HANDLING YOUR CHEQUE TO YOU AT YOUR NOMINATED ADDRESS.

3.ALL UNCLAIMED AND UNATTENDED TICKET NUMBERS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY
DISQUALIFIED AFTER A PERIOD OF ONE MONTH AND A GRACE PERIOD OF ONE WEEK.

4. FOR YOUR OWN BENEFIT, KINDLY KEEP YOUR TICKET NUMBERS HIGHLY CONFIDENCIAL
TO AVOID WRONG CLAIMS AND UNWARRANTED ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM.

5. THOUGH YOU HAVE QUOTED YOUR TICKET NUMBER, A PROPER INVESTIGATION HAS
BEEN CARRIED OUT AND CONFIRMED THE GENUINITY OF YOUR TICKET NUMBER.

6.A DELIVERY CHARGE OF $980 USD ONLY HAS TO BE PAID BEFORE DELIVERING YOUR
CHEQUE TO YOU AND YOU ARE TO FILL YOUR WINNER AWARD CERTIFICATE AND SEND IT
BACK TO ME, AFTER YOU HAVE TRANSFER YOUR DELIVERY CHARGE AND SEND THE SCAN
COPY OF THE TRANSFER PAYMENT SLIP FOR CONFIRMATION. THE DELIVERY OFFICER WHO
WILL BE DELIVERING YOUR CHEQUE TO YOUR NOMINATED ADDRESS. NOTE THAT YOUR
DELIVERY CHARGE HAS TO BE SENT ACCROSS TO THE DELIVERY OFFICER THROUGH AN
ACCOUNT INFORMATION STATED FOR YOU BELOW, BEFORE YOUR WON CHEQUE OF
$250,000USD WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU. FAILING TO PAY UP YOUR DELIVERY
CHARGE, YOUR CHEQUE WILL BE RETURNED BACK TO THE HEAD OFFICE AS UNCLIAM
CHEQUE, AND I WANT TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR WON CHEQUE OF $250,000.00 USD HAS
BEEN FULLY ENDORSED WITH YOUR WINNING TICKET NUMBE FOR SECURITY REASON,
THEREFORE NO REDUCTION HAS TO BE MADE FROM YOUR CHEQUE.

BELOW IS THE ACCOUNT INFORMATION WHICH YOU WILL USE IN TRANSFERING YOUR
DELIVERY CHARGE & TAX:

NAME OF ACCOUNT HOLDER: O. PETER
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 523-1505-6776
SWIFT CODE: LIPBIDJA
BANK NAME: LIPPO BANK JAKARTA INDONESIA.
DESTINATION ADDRESS: JAKARTA INDONESIA

NOTE THAT PROPER ADHERANCE TO THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS WILL YIELD MAXIMUM AND
EFFECTIVE SERVICE. A CONFIRMATION LETTER WILL BE SENT TO YOU AS SOON AS YOUR
DELIVERY CHARGE IS RECEIVED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN CALL ME ON 62-85676-222-39 FOR MORE
CLARIFICATION.

CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST REGARDS,
BARR. MALIK HAFEEZ ESQ .
FUDICIARY AGENT
EURO-AFRO ASIAN SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

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