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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
  • "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)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +447045712487 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • delivfastcourier@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DELIVFAST COURIER <delivfastcourier@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:58:48 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ORDER NUMBER: KJ252368



DELIVFAST COURIERS
…on the road or across the globe

HEADOFFICE: ELITE WORLDWIDE HARTLAND CLOSE,
SLOUGH/BERKSHIRESL13XT
LONDON,ENGLAND.

ATTENTION: Mr Rico Brandgen,

ORDER NUMBER: KJ252368

You have been clear as one of the lucky winner.Attach here is a picture of your winning car. This is to inform you that your winnings have been officially cleared for the payment of 250,000.00 Pounds by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the Honda UK Company Promotion. The original copy of your winning certificate and your certified bank cheque & a brand new Honda FR-V Car, 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 International Promotion Program will be sent to you or your bank as soon as you meet with any of the option selected and your winnings will be couriered or transferred to you immediately.


You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize and a brand new FR-V car to you. With regards to this, there are two options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of the two. However, you winnings will be shiped to you via any of this channel listed below.The options together with their associated conditions are also presented below:


Option 1
48 HOURS DELIVERY
Shipping & Handling............£440.00
Insurance......................£410.00
Vat (5%).......................£020.75
TOTAL..........................£870.75


4 WORKING DAYS DELIVERY
Shipping & Handling............£390.00
Insurance......................£380.00
Vat (5%).......................£015.95
TOTAL..........................£785.95


ONE WEEK DELIVERY
Shipping & Handling............£260.00
Insurance......................£380.00
Vat (5%).......................£018.00
TOTAL..........................£658.00

Option 2:
The said amount claim £250,000 (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) will be wired to your bank account via swift bank transfer. Condition: The cost of the commission of transfer (COT) being charged by our transferring bank, which is 0.8% (i.e £2,000) of the cash being transferred will be paid by you.

Note that your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it will be remitted to you. This means that the above charges can not 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 two options above. Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is exactly two weeks 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 promotion.

Good luck and Congratulations once again. Please for further inquiry contact us immediately in the following email address and phone number to help us facilitate the delivery of your funds.

Waiting for your urgent responds.

Thank you.

MR GAR FEDMAN
(Dispatch Officer)
DELIVFAST COURIER COMPANY UK.
TEL: +447045712487
E-mail: delivfastcourier@yahoo.co.uk

Website:
NB we tried calling your telephone ringing no responds.





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