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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "fudiciary" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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.
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • obiscolondon@yahoo.com
  • barrahmed_musafaisal@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "faisal ahmed musa" <barrahmed_musafaisal@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:24:56 +0000
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER / AWARD WINNERS CERTIFICATE

FROM . BARRISTER AHMED MUSA FAISAL
FUDICIARY AGENT EURO-AFRO ASIAN
SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL .
TEL : +62-856-9786-1008
OFFICE ADD: NO 17/18 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
WINNING TICKET NUMBER .

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ;

1. YOUR WINNING TICKET NUMBER ARE QUOTED CORRECTLY BECAUSE
EURO-AFRO ASIAN SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL AND
ITS AFFILIATES WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
DISQUALIFICATION OR DELAY IN PAYMENT DUE TO WRONGLY
QUOTED NUMBERS

2. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CORRECT ADDRESS ARE
FORWARDED TO US BECAUSE ANY WINNER WHO IS NOT ABLE TO
COME HERE AND PICK UP HIS OR HER WON PRISE CHEQUE OF
US$250,000:00 BY HAND WILL HAVE THEIR CHEQUES
DELIVERED TO THEM WITH THEIR GIVEN ADDRESSES THROUGH
OUR APPOINTED DELIVERY OFFICER COURIER SERVICE .

3. YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT PHOTOCOPY,
IDENTIFICATION CARD OR YOUR DRIVING LICENCE TOGETHER
WITH THE AWARD CERTIFICATE WILL BE REQUESTED BY THE
DELIVERY OFFICER WHEN HANDLING YOUR CHEQUE TO YOU AT
YOUR NOMINATED ADDRESS . THIS IS FOR PROPER
IDENTIFICATION.

4. ALL UNCLAIMED AND UNATTENDED TICKET NUMBERS WILL BE
AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED AFTER A PERIOD OF TWO WEEKS .

5. FOR YOUR OWN BENEFIT, KINDLY KEEP YOUR WINNING TICKET
NUNBERS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL TO AVOID WRONG CLAIMS AND
UNWARRANTED ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM .

6. NOTE THAT THIS WINNERS AWARD CERTIFICATE ATTACHED
TO THIS EMAIL WILL ALSO BE ATTACHED TO YOUR CHEQUE ,
YOU ARE THEREFORE REQUESTED TO PRINT IT OUT , FILL IT
CORRECTLY AND SEND A SCAN COPY OF IT VIA THIS EMAIL
ADDRESS THEN HAVE A COPY WITH YOU TO PRESENT TO THE
APPOINTED DELIVERY OFFICER WHO WILL DELIVER YOUR
CHEQUE TO YOU IN YOUR NOMINATED ADDRESS AT THE POINT
OF DELIVERY .

7. THOUGH YOU HAVE QUOTED YOUR TICKET NUMBER , PROPER
INVESTIGATION HAS TO BE CARRIED OUT TO CONFIRM THE
GENUINITY OF YOUR TICKET NUMBER .

8. A DELIVERY/ TAX CHARGE OF US$785 ONLY HAS TO BE
PAID BEFORE DELIVERING YOUR CHEQUE TO YOU, THAT IS IF
YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO COME HERE AND PICK UP YOUR PRIZE
AS OUR ADDRESS IS GIVEN ABOVE, TO ENABLE THE DELIVERY
OFFICER DELIVER YOUR CHEQUE TO YOU RIGHT THERE IN
YOUR NOMINATED ADDRESS . NOTE THAT YOUR DELIVERY/TAX
CHARGE HAS TO BE SENT ACROSS TO THE DELIVERY OFFICER
THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR TO AN ACCOUNT
THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU BEFORE YOUR CHEQUE WILL BE
DELIVERED TO YOU. FAILING TO PAY UP YOUR DELIVERY
CHARGE OR YOU DID NOT COME HERE , YOU WILL BE
DISQUALIFIED AND YOUR CHEQUE WILL BE RETURNED BACK TO
THE HEAD OFFICE. YOUR CHEQUE OF US$250,000:00 HAS
BEEN FULL SIGNED AND ENDORSED , THEREFORE NO DEDUCTION
HAS TO MADE FROM YOUR CHEQUE UNTIL YOUR CHEQUE
GETS TO YOU , AND YOU GO TO ANY INTERNATIONAL BANK OVER
THERE WITH YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR NATIONAL
IDENTITY CARD FOR IDENTIFICATION AND IMMEDIATE
CASH PAYMENT .

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 / TAX CHARGE IS RECEIVED .
FOR MORE INFORMATIONS , YOU CAN CALL ME ON
+62-856-9786-1008 FOR MORE CLARIFICATION .


CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST REGARDS ,

BARR. AHMED MUSA FAISAL









>From: roy ugwu <obiscolondon@yahoo.com>
>To: barrahmed_musafaisal@hotmail.com
>Subject: My contact address
>Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 13:53:54 -0800 (PST)
>
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Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam