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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 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:
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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.
  • acornexpresscouriers@hotmail.com
  • fiduaciary_claims@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Williams Robinson" <fiduaciary_claims@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:43:07 -0700
Subject: Contact Payment parastatal

ATTENTION:  Clotilde Kell

REF NO: PBL/CN/6654/CP
BATCH NO: PBL/17/AX672

20/07/07

 

I acknowledge receipt of your mail.

 

You are required to contact the Courier office informing them that you are one of the lucky winner of the UK National Lottery online Sweepstakes . Below is the contact details of the courier company.

 

Acorn Express Couriers Ltd
Corporate Headquarters

4 Livingstone Boulevard,
Hamilton Technology Park,
G72 0BP.

Email: MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "by101fd.bay101.hotmail.msn.com" claiming to be acornexpresscouriers@hotmail.com
Contact Person: ANTHONY LONG

 

The following requirements should be sent to their offices for comfirmation and final process for payment, if the requirement is not sent to them your prize will not be processed.

 

1, Reference Number
2, Batch Number
3, Full Names
4, Mailing Address, ie Address, City, State, Post Code and Country where you want your parcel delivered.

5, Amount Won.
6, Contact Phone Numbers.

 

Upon submission of the required information as stated to their offices, you will be cleared for payment from their offices. You can also call their offices to confirm you prize parcel with them

 

Note: No deduction whatsoever can be made on your prize money because your prize has been insured to aviod fraudulents activities.  You are responsible for the delivery charges from their courier offices. If you do not pay the delivery charges from their offices, your winning parcel will not be delivered  to your mailing address. Please be informed.

 

 You are advised to comply with their delivery rules and regulations in order to receive your parcel as prompt as possible.

Name:  Mr.Williams Robinson

Email: MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "by101fd.bay101.hotmail.msn.com" claiming to be fiduaciary_claims@hotmail.com 
Due Process Unit.

 

 

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