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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:

• 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.
  • +447011129191 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "OCEAN BLU" <weboceanblu09@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 17:58:51 +0000
Subject: File Reference Number: ACL/51976512/4

OCEAN BLU AWARD HEADQUATERS:
Palais Des Nations,
209 Geneva 10,
Switzerland.

 

File Reference Number: ACL/51976512/4

 

WINNING NOTIFICATION

 

We happily announce to you the draw of the OCEAN BLU AWARD programs held on the 1st of August 2006 in Dakar Senegal. Ticket where NOT sold Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:4126503176457 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION EURO) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of 3 MILLION EURO,shared amongst the first Five(Five) lucky winners in this category. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION EURO) would be released to you by our security firm in London,England in Europe.

 

Our European Interactive Customer Care Team will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact Them. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 10,000 individuals and companies. This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons,you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

 

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please bewarned.

 

This means that you have been officially cleared for payment by the accreditation/screening committee of Ocean Blu Lottery Headquarters.

 

In the light of this, you are required to contact Mr. Victor Hamfield of Scarlet Courier Company  who is in charge of payment for our lottery winners.

 

Find his details below: -

Courier Name: Scarlet Courier Company LTD
Courier 658 Ajax Avenue, Slough Berkshire SL1 4BG
Contact Person: Victor Hamfield
Branch Tel: +44 701 112 9191
Direct Tel:  +44 701 112 9021
Direct Fax: +44 707 576 7616
E-mail: customerservices@scarletcouriercompany01.orangehome.co.uk

 

The Scarlet Courier Company on behalf of the Ocean Blu Lottery will be responsible for the delivery of your winning sum to your designated address.

 

Note that you  are to provide the Courier Company with these details to identify you:

 

(1) FULL NAME
(2) FULL ADDRESS
(3) NATIONALITY.
(4) AGE
(5) OCCUPATION
(6 )WINNING EMAIL
(7 )TELEPHONE NUMBER
(8) DATE OF WINNING AWARD
(9) SEX
(10) TOTAL AMOUNT WON
(11) MARITAL STATUS

 

Congratulations, once more from all members and staffs of this program.

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 20 days. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.

 

Lastly do ahead to the Courier Company instructions so your winnings can get to you soonest. Also do note that there exists a periodic condition on all claims process, therefore you have limited time to claim your winnings.  Failure to claim your winnings within the stipulated time frame will lead to the forfeiture of your winnings  after which your winning funds will be added to next winning draws.
 
I will require a concise update on your proceedings with the Courier Company as soon as you make contact with them. If you need any assistance whatsoever, please do not hesitate to let me know.Congratulations once more and do reply soonest to acknowledge the receipt of this mail.

 

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. CONTACT YOUR  INTERACTIVE CUSTOMER SCARLET COURIER COMPANY LTD CARES TEAM.

 

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

 

Yours Sincerely,
Mr Donald Green
OCEAN BLU AWARD (co-coordinator)
N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact our director of finance: customerservices@scarletcouriercompany01.orangehome.co.uk

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