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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "vat (5%)" (VAT is 17.5% in the UK but 5% in Nigeria)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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!

Fraud email example:

From: Micheal Elane <fivewayexpress_courier@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:23:43 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Delivery Options For <SuperEnalotto Online Winner 1,250,000Euros>














FIVEWAYS EXPRESS COURIERS





Fastest and reliable in postage delivery............
8th,March 2007
Reg order no: Z562725





ATTN: Barbara Sweeney

FiveWays Courier Express is a well-established company offering courier and transport services 24 hour a day for priority delivery of letters, parcels and consignments to any destination by road, air or sea. We have a substantial team of couriers available for motorcycle dispatch plus van driver couriers in all size vehicles from small vans up to 7.5 tonne and international couriers for dispatch by road, sea or air.We have extensive UK, European and World connections.

This E-mail sent to you is to inform you that the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the UK national Lottery International has officially cleared you for payment.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 their National Lotto will be couriered to the payment bank and transferred to you as soon as you meet with any of the option listed below and your winnings will be couriered and transferred to you immediately


The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:

Courier of your winning draft to payment centre via any of this channel listed below:

SAMEDAY COURIER
An original certificate of weight.....0.9Gramms
Total weight of parcel................0.9Gramms
Colour of parcel......................Brown
Mailing...............................£020.00
Insurance.............................£467.00
Vat (5%)..............................£022.75
TOTAL.................................£509.75

NEXT DAY
An original certificate of weight.....0.9Gramms
Total weight of parcel................0.9Gramms
Colour of parcel......................Brown
Mailing...............................£079.00
Insurance.............................£467.00
Vat (5%)..............................£021.75
TOTAL.................................£568.75

ECONOMY
An original certificate of weight.....0.9Gramms
Total weight of parcel................0.9Gramms
Colour of parcel......................Brown
Mailing; .............................£013.00
Insurance.............................£467.00
Vat (5%)..............................£019.00
TOTAL.................................£499.00

SAMEDAY BY AIR
An original certificate of weight.....0.9Gramms
Total weight of parcel................0.9Gramms
Colour of parcel......................Brown
Flight; ..............................£275.00
Insurance.............................£467.00
Vat (5%)..............................£019.00
TOTAL.................................£761.00

INTERNATIONAL
An original certificate of weight.....0.9Gramms
Total weight of parcel................0.9Gramms
Colour of parcel......................Brown
Flight; ..............................£375.00
Insurance.............................£467.00
Vat (5%)..............................£019.00
TOTAL.................................£861.00

You will have to choose from the above options, so we can send to you our payment ofiicer's contact details so you can immediately send to him the charges for your courier parcel which will be sent to you immediately your payment has been confirmed here in our office.

Note that your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy, 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 before your prize is transferred to you.

Please respond to this email by making a selection from the options above.

Good luck and Congratulations once again. Please send your response within the next 24hrs to this same email address.

Mr.Micheal Elane(Management)
FiveWays Courier Express Ltd








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