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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (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)
• 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.
• 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.
  • barrister_gaza@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "barrister gaza" <barrister_gaza@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 07 May 2006 21:46:33 +0100
Subject: WE NEED YOUR COMPLETE WINNING INFORMATIO...

FROM.BARRISTER.GAZAI.
FUDICIARY/DELIVERY AGENT EL-GORDO DE LA PRIMITIVA
SWEEPSTAKE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM.
TEL:=+62-85692729355.
+62-81932187893.
+62-21-30224554.
FAX= +6221-58902985.
OFFICE ADDR: NO17/18 GATOT SOEBROTO RAYA.
2ND FLOOR NO. 13 ANDRIANO BUILDING.
JAKARTA INDONESIA.

DEAR LUCKY WINNER,


WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS PROGRAM IS REAL AND NOT JOKE. IT IS
SPONSORED BY TWO WORLD KNOWN PROMINENT PERSONALITIES IN THE INTERNET
COMPUTER WORLD. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, SULTAN OF BRUNEI AND MR..BILL GATES OF
MICROSOFT, MANY OTHER PHILANTHROPISTS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATES TO ENCOURAGE
THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTER ,WORLDWIDE. ALL WINNERS ARE SELECTED
RANDOMLY THROUGH A COMPUTER AUTOMATED DRAW SYSTEM.

I AM YOUR ATTORNEY/FIDUCIARY AGENT WHOSE DUTY IT IS TO ENSURE THAT YOUR WON
CHEQUE OF USD$250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES OF
AMERICAN DOLLARS)ONLY WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THE
INFORMATION FROM YOU AND CONFIRM IT TO BE TRUE WITH WHAT WE HAVE IN THE FILE
ABOUT YOU WITHOUT DELAY.


ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO FORWARD YOUR DETAILED PERSONAL DATA / WINNING
INFORMATION CONTEND IN THE WINNING NOTICE SENT TO YOU FROM THE HEAD OFFICE
IN NETHERLANDS VIA THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS barrister_gaza@hotmail.com TO
BARRISTER.GAZA {Esq}


YOUR PERSONAL DATA / WINNING INFORMATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING :-



1. NAME.

2. ADDRESS.

3. OCCUPATION.

4. AGE.

5. REFERENCE NUMBER.

6. TICKET NUMBER.

7. BATCH NUMBER.

8. SERIAL NUMBER.

9. WINNING CATEGORY.

10. TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER.

11. E-MAIL ADDRESS

12 . NATIONALITY

THIS WILL ENHANCE OUR EFFICIENCY TO PROCESSING, RELEASING AND DELIVERING
YOUR WON CHEQUE TO YOUR SPECIFIED ADDRESS IN YOUR COUNTRY.

ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS!

YOURS SINCERELY,

BARRISTER_GAZA(Esq)

FIDUCIARY AGENT/ATTORNEY (Euro-Afro-Asia Sweepstakes
Lottery International Netherlands) in Jakarta Indonesia Payment Centre
NO. 17/18 GATOT SOEBROTO RAYA,KAV. 13
2ND FLOOR, ANDRIANO BUILDING,
JAKARTA INDONESIA.

PHONE : +6285692729355
E-MAIL: barrister_gaza@hotmail.com

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