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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:
  • ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "vat (5%)" (VAT rate in the UK is 17.5%, check the math)
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
• 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!
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • +447031913873 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
  • +448704713395 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Mail Post Courier Service <mailpostcourieronlinedelivery@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:11:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: WELCOME TO MAILPOST COURIER SERVICE LTD.



MAILPOST COURIER SERVICE LTD.
HEAD OFFICE:Link House,
Link Place,
BRIGHTON ,
Sussex , BN1 7DX,
ENGLAND .
Website: http://mpcourierservice.tripod.com/
Tell: +447031913873

Date: 16-07-2007
Order Numbers:#952368
Attention:Winner,


CLAIMS/DELIVERY OPTION FOR ORDER NUMBERS:952368.


You are welcome Mail post Courier Service System .Dispatch LTD an affiliate of the UK lottery, we are please to be at your service. Be notified that your winning was forwarded to our courier agency for onward delivery to you.

This means that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the UK National Lottery.

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 Three Options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of the Three You are to make your preferred and affordable choice of the options below.

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

Option 1: MAIL POST EXPRESS DELIVERY (Overnight)
Mailing £40.00 00.00 Insurance £650.00 00.00 Vat (5%) £350.00 00.00 TOTAL £1040.00 00.00


Option 2:MAIL POST REGULAR SERVICE(4working days)

Mailing £30.00 00.00 Insurance £550.00 00.00 Vat (5%) £270.95 00.00 TOTAL £850.95 00.00

Option 3:

The said amount £1,000,000(One Million Pounds sterling’s) will be wired to your bank account via swift bank transfer.

Condition: The cost of COT (commission of transfer) is being charged by our transferring bank, which is £2,250 Pounds of the cash being transferred will be paid by you. Before the bank can effect the transfer of your cash prize into your account.


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 three options above


When respond in to this mail with your preferred mode please endeavour to fill the blank columns below.

1. Your Full Names:
2. Full Mailing Address:
3. Marital Status:
4.Occupation:
5. Age:
5. Sex:
7. Country:
8. State:
9. Phone Number:
10. The delivery option which you've chosen:
11. Your bank details (if you have chosen option 3, bank transfer.)
12.State if you are ready to pay the cost incured on the option you have choosen:
13. Attach a scanned copy of either your driver's license, international passport (photo page) or any other legal identifying document and send to us for identification purposes.


Having done this, you would be given proper guidelines on how to go about sending the payment to the account department of the company.

Payment of the courier charges should be made to the account officer via Western Union Money Transfer .After you have made your choice you are to let us know the choice so that we can give you the officer details which you are to pay to. Once this is done you are to furnish us with the payment details (A scanned copy of your payment receipt as proof of payment) via email. On receipt of these, your consignment would be delivered to you within 24hours.



Best Regards,



Mr. Marvin Hillary
(Dispatch Officer)


Please call our customer care line for futher enquiries.


Tell: +447031913873
Fax Numbers: +44-870-471-3395

© 2007 MAIL POST ONLINE COURIER SERVICE.
Affiliated Courier Service ( UK NATIONAL LOTTERY)


Mail Post Courier Service. Copyright (c) 2006. All Rights Reserved.

For More Infomation About Our Service Call : +447031913873

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