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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:
  • "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
  • "express courier delivery" (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. )
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "vat (5%)" (VAT rate in the UK is 17.5%, check the math)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "courier service" (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!
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • +447045743751 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • citylinkcourierservice01@yahoo.com.cn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CITY LINK COURIER SERVICE <citylinkcourierservice01@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 19:46:06 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Order number is FL/668530092 And Delivery Option(reply immediatly)



Phone:+44- 704 574 3751

Email:citylinkcourierservice01@yahoo.com.cn







CITY LINK® COURIER SERVICE
511 Garretts Green La
Birmingham,West Midlands,
B18 6DA,England Officer incharge: Mr. Derrick Maxwell
Phone:+44-704 574 3751

CITY LINK® EXPRESS COURIER DELIVERY OPTIONS AND CHAGRES FOR PIN NUMBER 9106534

DEAR WINNER

This is to inform you that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the Microsoft Award Lottery.The original copy of this certificate, together with a covering document (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally through the Microsoft Award Lottery will be sent to you and the bank as soon as you meet with any of the option selected and your winnings will be couriered or transferred to you immediately.You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your prize to you.

We are a well established company offering courier and transport services 24hours a day priority delivery accross the globe. We deliver, letters, parcels and consignments to any destination by road, air or sea. Your Order number is FL/668530092 .

Description of parcel to be delivered
An original certificate of weight :-------------0.05kg
Bonded draft of weight :-------------0.11kg
Total weight of parcel :-------------0.16kg
Colour of Parcel :-------------White
Length of days :-------------Sameday

Delivery Option

{24HOURS DELIVERY}
Mailing £40.00 00.00 Insurance £450.00 00.00 Vat (5%) £370.00 00.00 TOTAL £860.00
1,746.82 USD
00.00

(2 WORKING DAYS)

Mailing £30.00 00.00 Insurance £370.00 00.00 Vat (5%) £250.75 00.00 TOTAL £650.75
1,320.45 USD
00.00



( 5 WORKING DAYS)
Mailing £30.00 00.00 Insurance £250.00 00.00 Vat (5%) £270.95 00.00 TOTAL £550.95
1,117.32 USD
00.00


Note: That your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy by GEOTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it has been remitted to you. This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you first before your prize is transferred to you.

Important Note: The delivery charges cannot be deducted from the won amount due to Article 1186 section 45 subsection 2.3 of Constitution of the United Kingdom as relates to Financial,Lottery and freight matters, which are duly codified in the United Kingdom law.

Incase of direct wiring to your bank account,The said amount claim £850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty thousand pound sterling) will be wired to your bank account via POST bank transfer.Condition: The cost of COT (commission of transfer) being charged by our transferring bank is 1,500 GBP of the cash being transferred will be paid by you.

The charges are a little high because of the insurance cover we have undertaken incase of loss,damage or theft of your highly sensitive document.We assume all responsibilities incase of any eventualities.

PAYMENT INSTRUCTION
You are advice to make the above payment for the option choosen by you via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER through the Name and Address of our Accounts Officer below. so as to speed up the process of transfer.

Mr. Ray Terry
511 Garretts Green La
Birmingham,West Midlands,
B18 6DA,England.

You are to email this office a copy of the transfer slip , send the following information via email as they appear on the
western union transfer slip:

1.Name and address of sender :
2.Amount sent
3.Control number(MTCN)

Please respond to this email by making a selection from the options above. Also attach a scanned copy of either your driver's licence number or any other legally identifying document number. Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is exactly One week after the receipt of this email. After this period, your prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be reused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery
Thanks for using City Link® Courier Home Delivery Company.
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. If you have received this e-mail in error please delete this message and any attachment files,or contact CITY LINK® COURIER SERVICES.All business is transacted under our Standard Trading Terms and Conditions a copy of which is available upon request. E. & .O. E. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent





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