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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "clearance permit" (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "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. )
• 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.
  • mailhmrcgovuk@yahoo.ie
  • ddpatchcourieruk@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: dispatch department James Schupp <ddppatchcourieruk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 16:54:59 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Message from the HM Revenue & Customs:Clearance Fee is 100 US dollars



DYNAMIC DISPATCH COURIER LTD

PARCEL DELIVERY INVOICE
Attention Wnner,

Thank you for choosing DYNAMIC DISPATCH COURIER LTD for your Parcel Delivery Service. We had a delay of your Parcel Delivery while trying to sort out and confirm your FULL ADDRESS from your reply mail to make sure that the parcel is delivered on time to the correct address in your country. A delay of your Parcel Delivery was also occasioned by routine Inland Revenue Department and Customs Check at the Airport to question on the payout of your won Parcel.
We deeply regret that as at this time, the parcel cannot be delivered as a STOP ORDER has been placed on it for over a month now pending when we receive approval from the Inland Revenue Department here in the UK.We have received urgent news from the Heathrow Airport here in the UK that your parcel has been intercepted by members of the Inland Revenue Clearance Board.This means that the Inland Revenue Clearance Board is in possession of your Parcel containing a certified cheque and a lottery winning certificate which is to be couriered to you FREE OF CHARGE. The cheque is valued for £228,784 -Two hundred and twenty eight thousand, seven hundred and eighty four (Great Britain Pounds).

Please save this document as it contains important information about your parcel at DYNAMIC DISPATCH COURIER LTD that have been intercepted by the INLAND REVENUE CLEARANCE BOARD,UNITED KINGDOM.
Your Reg. Order No: 37096218. Parcel description and delivery information is:



Weight of Original Winning Certificate:
0.12g
Weight of Bank Cheque:
0.6g
Total weight of Parcel
0.18g
Total Net weight of Parcel
0.20g
Co lour of Parcel
Brown
Parcel Packaging
Bonded

During investigation of your Parcel [ORDER NUMBER 37096218], your winning cheque raised some alarm on their part because of the recent attempted bomb blast attack by some group of terrorist.The UK National Lottery Board and Dynamic dispatch Courier Company has been having series of meetings to no avail.Please note that we have been trying to resolve this quietly on our own but so far we have not made any headway.
According to police reports some weeks ago, it was gathered that the last attempted terrorist attack in UK was actually sponsored by a charity organisation in Pakistan who got a donation of 1 million Pound Sterlings from United Kingdom but decided to invest such in terrorism.
However,on consultation of British Government representatives at the airport, we have been instructed by the Government representative of the Board of Internal Revenue that have due to the new anti-terrorist bill passed into law, which scrutinizes any amount above 50,000.00 British Pound Sterlings leaving the country, you will be required to pay a refundable anti-terrorist clearance caution deposit fee to secure an anti-terrorism Clearance Permit to enhance your Parcel release to us for FREE DELIVERY to you.

After investigation,we confirm that your lottery award is legitimate and is not a spam or scam attempt.This is real.E-mail addresses were extracted from over 125,000 unions, associations and corporate bodies that are listed online and All participating e-mail addresses for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system .This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.
You are to contact the THE INLAND REVENUE CLEARANCE BOARD to make the anti-terrorist clearance deposit fee payment of $100 US DOLLARS required to secure the Clearance Permit to enhance the immediate release of your Parcel [ORDER NUMBER 37096218] to us for FREE DELIVERY to you within the shortest possible time. Below is the contact of THE INLAND REVENUE CLEARANCE BOARD.

THE INLAND REVENUE CLEARANCE BOARD
21 WILSON STREET LONDON,ENGLAND EC2M 2TD
UNITED KINGDOM.
Mr. Teri Stephen Argo
email: mailhmrcgovuk@yahoo.ie

Speedy adherence to this process will enable quick measures for your parcel to be released and delivered to you.


We are glad to be of service to you!

Sincerely,

Mr. James Schupp,
Dispatch Department,
“DYNAMIC DISPATCH COURIER LTD” is a registered and copyright trade mark of – DYNAMIC DISPATCH COURIER LTD.
This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and may be legally privileged and are solely for the individual or entity to which they are addressed TO. If you have received this e-mail in error please delete this message and any attachment files, or contact : ddpatchcourieruk@consultant.com All business is transacted under our Standard Trading Terms and Conditions a copy of which is available upon request.





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