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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "vat (5%)" (VAT is 17.5% in the UK but 5% in Nigeria)
• 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.
  • +447024321234 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704787334 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: officer powerball <powerball_officerdesk@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:25:26 +0800 (CST)
Subject: COST DELIVERY!!!










POWERBALL LOTTO. Bv
POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game 2007,

Date:5th JANUARY 2007
Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Dear Consolation Prize Winner,

Attn:Walter Scherder,



PAYMENT APPROVAL
In receipt of your mail, you have being officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the UK National Lottery.

Please note that All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.




The original copy of your duly approved winning certificate and a covering document from the British Government stating that the amount won was obtained legally through her National Lottery Promotions has been approved and will be sent to you as collacteral of proof. You have to choose your prefferred delivery option and as well meet the stipulated conditions associated with the stipulated delivery options.

The parcel sent to us for delivery is a lottery parcel containing the sum of 500,000USD
including a winning National Certificate of Approval.

Note:We do have two(2) major options whereby you can have your funds transfered to you.

OPTION 1. COURIER DELIVERY..
OPTION 2. BANK TRANSFER..

COURIER DELIVERY.
To transfer your funds within the Uk using the Courier delivery service,we charge 399GBP and delivery will be effected within 24hours.

INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY
We charge a minimum of 1,500pounds for international delivery.Delivery will be effected to the address stated to circumvent the misappropriation of claims.
Please find below the break down of delivery charges using the courier delivery services for international delivery.

MAILWAY DELIVERY(2 Working Days)
An original certificate of weight.....0.9Gramms
Total weight of parcel....................0.9Gramms
Colour of parcel.............................Brown
Mailing...................................110.00pounds
Insurance...............................135.00pounds
Vat (5%)................................200.00pounds
TOTAL.................................445.00pounds

MAILWAY DELIVERY(4 Working Days)
An original certificate of weight.....0.9Gramms
Total weight of parcel....................0.9Gramms
Colour of parcel.............................Brown
Mailing............................................110.00pounds
Insurance........................................119.00pounds
Vat (5%)..........................................100.00pounds
TOTAL............................................319.00pounds




BANK TRANSFER OPTION:
If you prefer using this option to recieve your prize then you are hereby advised to contact our affliate bank forex transfer manager with a copy of this message Mr Winston Reeves with the contact information given below.

NETWEST BANK PLC (UK)
190 - 194 Main Street
M187AQ Manchester UK
Phone:+44 702 432 1234.
Fax: +44 870 478 7334



Your prize money is protected by a hard cover insurance policy(GEOTRUST), which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the prize money with or without the consent of the beneficiary. This is in accordance with section (13) 1n of the national gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3rd july 1996 by the constitutional assembly, this is to protect winners and to avoid misappropration of funds.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 cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be re-used in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.

You are to confirm the receipt of this mail by picking either the Bank transfer option or the courier delivery option to enable us furnish you with payment instructions on how to make your payments for your delivery to commence and please note that processing payment for either the bank transfer or courier delivery must be received and confirmed before we begin the processing of funds delivery.

We await your urgent response to enable us furnish you with further instruction.

Congratulations once again.
Regards,
MRS MARIA COLE
Dispatch officer
POWERBALL PAYMENTCENTRE
TEL: +44 704-570-1092
TEL +44 704-570-1092
Open 7days-24hrs-365days a year



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