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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:
  • "from: the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
• 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 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.
  • hasanahmed@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Promo Isiamic" <islamicpromo77@biz.by>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:50:23 +0200
Subject: Islamic International Affairs(IIA).Your message.


ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
WE HAPPILY CONGRATULATE YOUFOR BEING ONE OF OUR LOTTERY
WINNER

FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT

REFERENCE Nº: CC/0999/171MPL
BATCH Nº: EGS/1983-022 NJA
REGISTERED



ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are happy to inform you of this year's release of the ISLAMIC
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, held on the 5th October, 2007. Due to the mix up of
numbers and names, the results were later released on the 7th July 2008.
Your name was entered as an alternative number attached to Reference Number:
CC/0999/171MPL with, Batch number: EGS/1983-022 NJA drew the lucky numbers
9-13-21-30-31-44, which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category

You have therefore been approved a lump sum payment of $985,950.00 (NINE
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS) in cash
credited to file REF.NO: CC/0999/171MPL. This is from a total cash prize of
$18,671,410.00 (EIGHTEEN MILLION, SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND, FOUR
HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLARS) shared among the (seventeen international winners
in this category). CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with the Malaysia Islamic Financial Centre
(MIFC)and insured in your name. Due to false practices, we ask that you keep
your award information strictly from public notice, until your claim has
been processed and money remitted to your possession as this is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted abuse of this
program by unscrupulous individuals.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
(Six Million) names from Asia, America , Africa, Europe , and South Pacific,
as part of our new year International promotion program. We hope your lucky
name will draw a bigger cash prize in the subsequent programs ahead.

To begin your lottery claims, please contact your agent, Dr. Hasan Ahmed, ON
TEL Nº: +37747612184 FAX Nº: 037-6203572, Email: hasanahmed@hotmail.fr

for the processing and remittance of your prize winning money to choice of
yours. Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 15th July
2008 Any claim, not made before this date will be returned to the Islamic
Relief - Home as unclaimed fund.

And also be informed that 10% of your Winning belongs to (Islamic Financial
Centre (MIFC)) because they are the promotion company that bought your
ticket and played the lottery on your name, this ten percent will be paid
only after you have received your awarded prize (money) in your choice,
Three (3) certificates are to be issued to you by the Local Government Tax
Authority, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Interior, to back up your
winning. Your agent will direct you further on the administrative
requirement to enable the bank to release your fund to the designated choice
of yours.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence
with your agent company. Furthermore, should there be any change of address,
do inform your claims agent company as soon as possible, and please be
informed that the original copy of this letter is with your agent Dr. Hasan
Ahmed,


Congratulations once again!!!

Sincerely,

Mohammed IBR
(VICE PRESIDENT)

2008 www.aicp.org
Association of Islamic Charitable Projects of North America
(A beacon of light in a time of prevalent darkness)

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