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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 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:
  • "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)
  • "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. )
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. )
• 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.
  • +447045702456 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Alex Butt <ukfiveways_expresscourier@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 06:54:22 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Claim Reg Order No:SH231282





FIVEWAYS EXPRESS COURIER





1st June , 2007.
Reg Order No:SH231282

ATTENTION:Ms Leoda Weisz,
This is to inform you that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the UK National Lottery.
The original copy of this certificate and your cheque from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally through their National Lotto 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.
FiveWays Express Courier 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.


You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you. With regards to this, there are options open to you; you are required to select the more convenient . The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:


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






IMPORT EXPRESS DELIVERY
Delivery in approximately 3-5 working days. Edessa">.
An original certificate of weight.....0.7 Grams
Edessa" color=#000080>Total weight of parcel................1.32 Grams
Colour of parcel......................Brown
Mailing...............................£ 018.00
Edessa" color=#000080>Insurance.............................£ 323.00
Edessa" color=#000080>Vat (5%)..............................£ 019.95
TOTAL.................................£ 360.95


ECONOMY
Delivery in approximately 3-4days depending on destination - not guaranteed.
Edessa" color=#000080>An original certificate of weight.....0.7 Grams
Total weight of parcel................1.32 Grams
Colour of parcel......................Brown
Mailing...............................£ 020.00
Insurance.............................£ 431.00
Vat (5%)..............................£ 019.95
TOTAL.................................£ 465.95


SECOND CLASS
Delivery in approximately 2-3 working days. .
This service is for documents only.
An original certificate of weight.....0.7 Grams
Total weight of parcel................1.32 Grams
Colour of parcel......................Brown
Mailing...............................£ 020.00
Insurance.............................£ 634.00
Vat (5%)..............................£ 019.75
TOTAL.................................£ 673.75


FIRST CLASS DELIVERY
Delivery in approximately 1-2 working days.
An original certificate of weight.....0.7 Grams
Total weight of parcel................1.32 Grams
Colour of parcel......................Brown
Mailing...............................£ 020.00
Insurance.............................£ 734.00
Vat (5%)..............................£ 019.75
Edessa">TOTAL.................................£ 773.75
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Edessa">

EXPRESS DELIVERY
Delivery in approximately 1 working day.
An original certificate of weight.....0.7 Grams
Total weight of parcel................1.32 Grams
Colour of parcel......................Brown
Flight; ..............................£ 100.00
Edessa" color=#000080>Insurance.............................£ 771.00
Vat (5%)..............................£ 019.00
TOTAL.................................£ 890.00




Note: That your prize is protected by a hardcover 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 before your prize is transferred to you.

Also attach a scanned copy of either your driver's licence, international passport (photo page) or any other legally identifying document.


Our Guarantee of Safe Delivery:
We have had a guaranteed safe delivery policy for the 25 years we have been in business. We know how packages get handled in shipping, and we know how valuable our product is. Some sizes, when wrapped, are within size limitations defined by the British Post Office. These will be sent by mail, with guaranteed safe
delivery.
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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 reused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.

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


Mr.Alex Butt (dispatch officer),
FIVE WAYS Express Courier Services,
Building 219, Epsom Square,
Heathrow Airport,Hounslow, Middlesex, TW6 2DG
Tel: :+44-704-570-2456
:+44-702-408-3511
:+44-702-408-3512
Open 7days-24hrs-365days












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