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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:
  • "trunk box" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "trunk boxes" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
  • "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:10:23 +0000
Subject: AIRWAY BILL & CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT TO BACK MY CLAIM.CONTCT THE COMPANY SOONEST

DEAR JUSTIN,

GOOD DAY TO YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR EMAIL AND ALSO FOR THE QUESTION
YOU HAVE ASKED ME, PERSONALLY IT SHOWS TO ME THAT YOU ARE A SERIOUS MINDED
PERSON AND ALSO STRAIGHT FORWARD PERSON THAT CAN HELP ME CLAIM THESE 2 TRUNK
BOXES CONTAINING THE MONEY FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY IN LONDON. I WANT TO
ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE MONEY IN THE 2 TRUNK BOXES ARE MINE AND I NEED
YOUR HELP TO HELP ME CLAIM IT FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY BECAUSE MY FAMILY
MEMBERS DO NOT REALLY CARE ABOUT ME AND IF THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS LAST FUND OF
MINE IN THE SECURITY COMPANY, THEY WILL CLAIM IT AND SPEND IT VERY STUPIDLY
WITHOUT FULFILLING MY HEART DESIRE.

I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE SECURITY COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THAT THE
BOXES CONTAINS MONEY BUT RATHER I TOLD THEM THAT THE BOXES CONTAINS
PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS WHEN I DEPOSITED IT WITH THEM VIA DIPLOMATIC MEANS
BECAUSE ME BEING AN ARAB AND WITH THE PRESENT SITUATION IN THE WORLD THE
WESTERNERS ALWAYS BELIVE THAT EVERY ARAB OR PERSIAN OR PEOPLE GENERALLY FROM
THE MIDDLE (MUSLIMS) ARE TERRORISTS. I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THIS MONEY IS
MINE AND IS NOT FOR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AS YOU WILL LATER FIND OUT.

FIND ATTACHED BELOW 2 OUT OF THE 3 DOCUMENTS THAT YOU WILL NEED TO CLAIM THE
2 BOXES FROM THE SECURITY COMAPNY. THE DOCUMENTS ARE :

1) CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT
2) AIRWAY BILL

THE LAST DOCUMENT THAT YOU WILL NEED TO CLAIM THE BOXES IS THE POWER OF
ATTORNEY/LETTER OF AUTHOURISTION. AND THIS LAST DOCUMENT I WILL GIVE YOU
WHEN YOU CONTACT THE SECURITY COMPANY AND THEY DEMAND FOR ALL THE NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS TO CLAIM THE BOXES. I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE CONTACT IN FORMATION OF
THE SECURITY COMPANY IN MY LAST MAIL TO YOU BUT ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THE
CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE SECURITY COMPANY:

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 AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE ON THIS MATTER AND PLEASE GO AHEAD AND CONTACT THE
SECURITY COMPANY AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS EMAIL.

SAEED AHMED.

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