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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:
  • "payment for the courier" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "deadline" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "vat (5%)" (VAT rate in the UK is 17.5%, check the math)
• 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: infocustomercareservicee <infocustomercareservice@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:07:51 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PARCEL DELIVERY INVOICE


Dear Customer,
Thank you for writing SAMEDAY DELIVERY SERVICE COMPANY .We request you to please reconfirm your mailing address to ensure conformity with our record for immediate dispatch of your parcel to you . Only valid residential/ Office address and postal address are certified ok.

DELIVERY DESTINATION INFORMATION:
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Receiver's Name :..............................
Address :...........................................
Tel/:.................................................
Delivery Option:................................
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Delivery Information/ Parcel Description
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Delivery Terms: .............. .......International Delivery
Condition Of Delivery..............Priority Delivery
Consignment Note No: ........... XBN103940394-00
Colour of Parcel: ..................... White/Red
Total Weight: .......................... 1.02g
Total Net Weight: ................... 3.07g
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We offer a Four-type of service for prompt parcel delivery to customers. Find below our delivery options, you are required to opt/ choose one option,which you will be able to pay and also convinient for you,for quick delivery of your parcel

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Service Type | Delivery Duration | Charges/Fees
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Premium Express (24hrs Delivery)
Mailing £230.00 00.00
Insurance £270.00 00.00
Vat £200.00 00.00
TOTAL £800.00 00.00
£800GBP(Eight Hundred Pounds Sterlings Only).

Special Express (2 Days)
Mailing £210.00 00.00
Insurance £220.00 00.00
Vat £200.00 00.00
TOTAL £630.00 00.00
£630GBP(Six Hundred And Thirty Pounds Sterlings Only).

Standard Express (3Days)
Mailing £200.00 00.00
Insurance £220.00 00.00
Vat (5%) £150.00 00.00
TOTAL £570.00 00.00
£570GBP(Five Hundred and seventy Pounds Sterlings Only).
Economy Express (5Days)
Mailing £150.00 00.00
Insurance £200.00 00.00
Vat £100.00 00.00
TOTAL £450.00 00.00
£450GBP(Four Hundred And Fifty Pounds Sterlings Only).

You are hereby required to advice us,on your parcel delivery option by filling in the required form stated above.Please note that the deadline for claiming your cheque/check is exactly one week after the receipt of this email. After this period,your cheque/check will be return back to the EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY FIRM.That is the instruction given to us by the Lottery Corporation Payment Service(L.C.P.S) of the EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY FIRM .So take note.
On receipt of an email from you confirming your readiness to proceed and effect payment,you will be given payment instruction.
we will send you payment invoice which you are to follow in effecting payment to us base on the delivery option convienient for you so as to prompt the delivery of your parcel.

Upon confirmation of the delivery charges,you will be notified on the estimated dispatch date of your parcel inline with the time and date of delivery/arrival of your parcel,as we do not operate on cash on delivery.

Please note that the majority of our orders are dispatched on a 'signed for delivery'. Do ensure that you are available at your given address to sign for your parcel on delivery your international passport or driver's license will be used as identification.

The insurance company declined reverse payment for the courier, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the draft to you. So it is mandatory you effect payment before your parcel will be posted to you,as duly required.That is to say your parcel must be insured before posting to you with the relevant authority here in UK.

All orders,not delivered within Seven (7) working days from this communication will be returned. Please ensure that you confirm your delivery address. At SAMEDAY DELIVERY SERVICE , we guarantee your satisfaction.

We are glad to be of service to you.
Yours faithfully,
Ken Cole
Customer Service.


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