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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:
  • "transfer of your funds" (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)
  • "hundred thousand us dollars" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
• 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.
  • +221763857416 (Senegal, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "IISDF FUND" <iisdfdmuslimfund@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: iisdfinternational@yahoo.it
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 00:00:20 +0000
Subject: ASS ALA MALAEKOUM BENEFICIARY WINNER

$10 Billion IDB Fund
ASS ALA MALAEKOUM
DEAR BENEFICIARY WINNER,
MANAMA, 14 April 2008 -- The $10 billion Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD), conceived and promoted by jeddah based Islamic Development Bank (IDB), is up and running and is expected to be fully subscribed to all the Beneficiaries and citizens of the member country's who is creative in science to advanced human technology to benefit all Muslim Country in promoting the spirit of UMMAH, President of IDB Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said... Saudi ISFD donation hits $10b to ISFD ... (MENAFN - Bahrain Tribune) , ) and is expected to approve funding for the activities of a 'science development network' that aims to help promote science in the Islamic world.

FROM INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY FUND FOR SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT
We are delighted to inform you as one of the beneficiary of $500,000 DOLLARS being the total sum of $10 billion Islamic Solidarity Fund For Development and science conceived and promoted by the Islamic Development Bank to assist individuals and Merited scholars in poor member countries in their study for science,monitoring the development and socio-economic impact of science and technology in member countries of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
The Program is fully based on an electronic selection of list of beneficiaries
using their e-mail addresses and last surnames. Your email name was selected randomly in the final draw held on the last OIC eleventh summit meeting at Dakar Senegal from 8 to 14 March 2008 in Dakar, Senegal, 2008 with the infor below.
Beneficiary Information
Date: 14/03/2008
Ref: IISF8701/OIC
Batch: 8056490902/190
Beneficiary No: 575061725... last code withheld
You hereby have been approved a prize sum of $500,000.00 US DOLLARS (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS)as one of the ten beneficiary winners of ISLAMIC SOLIDARITY FUND FOR SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT in poor Islamic member countries and in pledge for the The unity of the Islamic Ummah which must remain an ultimate goal.
All Beneficiaries were selected through a computer balloting system drawn from One hundred thousand E-mail addresses from all categories of education and from the 42 members of the OIC in the Arab Academy of Sciences and the Islamic Academy of Sciences members and affiliated Groups.
This Fund was promoted and sponsored by the OIC 57 member countries, IDB,LIBYA ISDB BANK SENEGAL in association with Microsoft Corporation.
Further more your details (e-mail address) falls within our Last 11Th summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OCI) venue and country Dakar Senegal and lodged in the escrow account of ISDB BANK SENEGAL as indicated in your play coupon and your file.
BENEFICIARIES: Simply contact our ISDB SUPERVISORY ACCOUNT OFFICER FOR IISF (international islamic solidarity development fund) Below,
Email ;iisdfinternational@voila.fr
Contact Officer ; ABDOULAYE FAYE
International IslamicDevelopmentbankSN
PO Box 3381, Immeuble Abdallah Fayçal, Rue Huart X, A.A.
Ndoye, Dakar, Senegal
Wire questions? Call +221 763 857 416
(Wire team operating hours:
9:00 a.m..7:00 p.m
In compliance with the Anti-Fraud section 2, sub section (IV) of the procedural manual of international funds disbursement and remittance,your winnings is lodged under a suspense account in our custody.This suspense account is credited to the full amount of your winnings ( $500,000.00) and is insured to the full value placed under your BeneficiaryReference Numbers.
In light of this you would be required to activate an operational account with ISDB,which would be setup under your name to enable the transfer of your funds.Upon activation of an account with us,your beneficiary sum would be transited from the suspense account which it is currently deposited into the operational account you are to open with in IIBS BANK DAKAR.
To file for your claim: Please quote your beneficiary information, Reference Number, Batch Number and beneficiary Number, which can be found on the top-left corner of this message.
Also, you should give in your telephone number to help contact you easily.
For security reasons, we advice all beneficiaries to keep this information confidential from the public until their cash prize is processed and released to them.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double beneficiary and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, All Beneficiaries Must claimed their monies by the 31st of MAY, 2008, otherwise your prize Sum will be returned to IISF.
Congratulations once again !
ALSO ENSURE YOU TYPE THE E-MAIL ADDRESS CORRECTLY TO
ENSURE SAFE & QUICK MAIL DELIVERY/RESPONSE. ANY BREACH
OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF BENEFICIARIES WILL RESULT
TO DISQUALIFICATION.
Best Regards
DR Cheikh Oumar A. Faye
(Hons.LL BSC,IIHND)
Online Coordinator
IISF

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