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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:
  • "processing fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "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. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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!
• 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.
  • 00622171532754
• 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.
  • zare1944@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: oman ali <alidia7070@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:44:39 +0700
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION LETTER



INTERNET SYSTEM BASIC EDUCATION (ISBE) PROMOTION, AOL, HOTMAIL & YAHOO ENDORSED
REGISTERS {DIVIDEND & CLAIM DEPT} 161 North Clark St, Suit 2500 Chicago , Illinois 60602
Affiliation of International Charity Organizations
14 Park Line Av. London , WC2E 9RA United Kingdom .
Facsimile: 44 870 135 2649

Ref Nº: ISBE/131853/07
Payment Nº: MLS22-010/08C

AWARD NOTIFICATION LETTER

Attention: PRIZE WINNER,

Internet System Basic Education (ISBE) is a worldwide internet awareness program fund to encourage internet use and benefits, sponsored by various corporate organizations; National Lottery, Hotmail, Yahoo, United Nation etc.. and prominent peoples like the chairman Microsoft; Bill Gates and Sultan of Brunei etc.. to create computer literacy awareness programs to improve equality and help eradicate poverty worldwide.

We are pleased to inform that you are one of the winners of our recent internet awareness computer lottery program organized through computer ballot system held on 22nd July 2007. Your email address name was among the one million individual email addresses initially entered, all selected randomly from World Wide Web sites. Your email address name attached to REF No. ISBE/131853/07 ballot serial No. 260739-ML with lucky No. 07-13-26-18-39-53 were among the final email addresses chosen by computer ballot that eventually won the draw in the last section. Your email address name is among the (100) individual email addresses approved to receive grand prize of Two Hundred & Fifty Thousand Dollars only (US$250,000.00) each in this category

You have been approved to receive this amount of money, credited to your email address name from a total prize of US$25 Million shared among the 100 International winners in this category. Prize cannot be tampered until you have received the whole approved money in your possession due to strict payment and insurance policy.

Obviously, you neither participated nor did you paid for any ticket for this program, your email address name was randomly selected by computer ballot and fortunately among the chosen in the category, thus claiming of prizes is subjected to clearance process before payment (you are liable to pay processing fees before receiving prize) and we urge you to fulfill the purpose of this program after receiving your prize also remember to support our next promotion program.

All prizes were secured with (secret codes) to avert data leakage. Your payment secret code will be sent to your fiduciary clearance office, is your duty to contact them for your clearance payment.

We have six clearance offices zoned continentally, CANADA, BRAZIL, SOUTH AFRICA, INDONESIA, LONDON & SPAIN, clearance zones were also picked randomly by computer, each winning number falls within any of the clearance zones, is the duty of the approved zonal clearance office to handle all clearance process to make sure paying bank releases won prize in time.

Your prize number falls at Asia region approved clearance office in Jakarta Indonesia, in view of this, your prize money will be released from Indonesia; your money has been deposited in a bank with insurance coverage. Your clearance agent will facilitate payment process immediately you contact on him.

Three payment options;
(a) Certified Cheque (b) Bank Draft (c) Bank Transfer
{If you choose option [c] you need to provide account information}

Due to the mixed up of some numbers and names, we ask you to keep this winning news secret from public notice until your prize money is processed and remitted to you; this is part of our precautions to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this program by scammers.

CONGRATULATIONS! CONGRATULATIONS!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

NOTE: according to international payment policy, receiving your prize money from Indonesia requires paying duty fee before receiving prize because no amount of money can be deduct from your won prize until after due process.

For the process of your prize money, file your true information and send to the approved fiduciary & clearance agent as required below, false details would lead to disqualification;



REF No:
STATUS/AMOUNT(won):
PAYMENT NUMBER:
FULL NAME:
GENDER:
AGE:
JOB:
LOCATION:
TEL/FAX NUMBERS:
EMAIL ADDRESS:

FIDUCIARY AND CLEARANCE OFFICE
Jalan Karawang Raya No 23, 10021 Jakarta Indonesia
Tel: 0062 21 7153 2754, Fax: 0062 21 7153 2756
Mobile phone: 0062 85695286609
Email: zare1944@hotmail.com

SAJID NASARY ZARE


SAJID NASARY ZARE
All prizes must be claimed before 10th August 2007, after this date, fund will be returned as unclaimed, and always quote your ref and batch numbers in every correspondence with your clearance agent.

Sincerely yours,

Prof. Cearl A. Alexander
(Chairman)


IMPORTANT NOTICE
Make sure you keep contact only with the approved clearance agent, any transaction you hold with other persons beside him is at your own risk, be aware that your paying authority will affect payment swiftly upon satisfactory report, verifications and validation provided by the clearance office prior payment in accordance with policies of organizers/European and Asian gaming board.

REPLY ALL DETAILS TO CLEARANCE OFFICER


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