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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:
  • "vat (5%)" (VAT is 17.5% in the UK but 5% in Nigeria)
  • "courier company" (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.
  • +447075209593 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: infoswift courier99 <infoswiftcourier99@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 08:13:49 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CHOOSE A DELIVERY OPTION FOR FUNDS DELIVERY







SAMEDAY EXPRESS DOMESTIC OVERNIGHT CONTRACT DAILY ROUTES WORLDWIDE CHEQUE COLLECTION BESPOKE SERVICES






Welcome to swift courierNet, SWIFT COURIER DELIVERY SERVICES.

Cumberland House

80 Scrubs Lane

London NW10 6RF

United Kingdom.


Fax: +44 7075209593

LONDON, UK.





ATTN WINNER,



You are welcome to SWIFT COURIER DELIVERY SERVICES an affiliate of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY .We are pleased to be at SwiftLink Courier Company is Regulated and Stipulated by the Finacial Service Authority(FSA),the finacial institutions that Govern all Finacial activities in the United Kingdom.


This notice sent to you is to inform you that the verifications department at the Headquarters of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY has officially cleared and confirmed you for payment and this confirmation has been forwarded to us to handle the delivery of your lottery parcel containing your winning cheque sum of 1,000,000 Pounds Sterling including your National Certificate of Approval.



You are to please confirm the below data's, if they are correct about the receiver of the parcel, to enable us input it into our computer delivery system.







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Your Order Number is ECC/0123723/AQ11WWR. Description of parcel to be delivered:
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An original certificate of weight: ...............0.5g
Bonded Cheque of weight: .........................0.7g
Weight of parcel wrap up: ........................2.5g
Total weight of parcel: ..........................3.7g
Colour of Parcel: ................................Brown
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INTERNATIONAL DELIVERY (INVOICE) FOR YOUR CLAIM

================================================================================





I am Sending you all necessary document backing your wins but you will have to satisfy our courier charges via our upfront options. 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 two options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of the Four option.(you are to make the your prefered and affordable choice in these.



The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below: Courier of your winning draft to you via any of this channel listed below:



SWIFT LINK COURIER DELIVERY OPTION




FIRST CLASS DELIVERY

Max Delivery Duration..............................................24Hrs

Mailing /freight cost ................................................£103.00

Handling Fee...........................................................£200.00

Fuel Surcharge ........................................................£80.00

Insurance...............................................................£120.00

Vat(5%).................................................................£50.00

TOTAL.....................................................................£553.00




SECOND CLASS DELIVERY

Max Delivery Duration..............................................48hrs

Mailing /freight cost.................................................£60.00

Handling Fee............................................................£73.00

Fuel surcharge..........................................................£65.00

Insurance.................................................................£190.00

Vat(5%)...................................................................£40.00

TOTAL ......................................................................£428.00






THIRD CLASS DELIVERY

Max Delivery Duration................................................72hrs

Mailing/freight cost....................................................£60.00

Handling Fee..............................................................£70.00

Fuel surcharge ...........................................................£40.00

Insurance...................................................................£200.00

Vat (5%)....................................................................£30.00

TOTAL ........................................................................£400.00




DIRECT BANK TRANSFER OPTION £ 730.00 Pounds Sterling



Direct Bank Transfer Option: This is the Direct Bank Transfer that will enable you Receive the sum of money in any account that you will provide for this to us to effect the transfer as it is always done electronically as it will TAKE 3 WORKING DAYS to Reflect In The account that you will provide. Also you will be charged by our transferring bank, which is (730 GBP) of the cash being transferred will be paid by you.



Note:The charges cannot be Deducted from your winnings.This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) 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 misappropriation of funds and win and win Situations.



Please respond to this email by making a selection from the two options above. Also attach a scanned copy of either your driver's licence, international passport (photo page) or any other legally identifying document.



Send your response to indicate your option within the next 48hrs,because you only have 10 working days to claim this cheque and 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.





You are expected to send your response to this email within the next 24 Hrs.


















Best regards
LARRY RAY

SWIFT COURIER DELIVERY SERVICE






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