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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "claims agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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.
  • +447011137803 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: TNT COURIER SERVICE <tntcourierservice_05@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 22:40:11 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ALL DOCUMENTS AND WINNING PARCEL READY FOR DELIVERY. SORRY IT TOOK SO MANY DAYS, DELIVERY COST / MODE OF PAYMENT /



















1TH August, 2007.
Reg order no: GX76103732

ATTENTION:giselle.

This is to inform you that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of The Uk Lottery.

you are to proceed with the payment of (2,000.00 GBP) ==== (4,069.97 USD). which is our courier cost of delivery. as we have been working on all the documents of your winnings. as soon as you receive this mail. re send to us your home address on were we are to deliver your documents and your winning parcel as well. sorry it took so many days on searching for all your winning documents. thank God we are through with all the documents. we are sending them to you and also with your winning parcel. you will be making the payment of the delivery cost stipulated above.

MODE OF PAYMENT

The charge is a little bit high because of the Hardcover insurance Policy we have undertaken incase of loss,Damage or Theft of your highly sensitive documents and funds. We assume all responsibilities incase of any eventualities and we don't deliver on cash on delivery(C.O.D) because we don't accept cash.

Note:that your delivery charge cannot be deducted from your winning prize due to Article 1186 section 45 subsection 2.3 of the United Kingdom Constitution as relates to Financial and Courier matters, which are duly codified in the United Kingdom law.hence you are to note that the delivery charge must be provided by you before your prize is delivered to you.


You are to make the payment through Western Union Money Transfer so as to enable us speedy up the process of delivery . You are to locate the nearest western union agent to you and make the payment in Favour of our Accounts Officer Mr.Wright Nickson with the Details Below:

RECEIVERS INFORMATIONS Which is our account officer,

NAME OF RECEIVER: WRIGHT NICKSON
ADDRESS OF RECEIVER:LINK HOUSE,1C CHURCH STREET
SW1 5TT,
LONDON


You are to send the following information via email as they appear on the western union transfer slip:

1.Name and address of sender
2.Amount sent
3.Control number(MTCN)
4.Test question and answer (if any)

You are to send a copy of the evidence of payment to me and your claims agent as well for confirmation. A Confirmatory Email shall be sent to you Immediately we Confirm your Payment.

As soon as we receive confirmation and evidence of payment of the above charge, we shall dispatch your parcel to you immediately.
we await your Evidence of Payment.

Sincerely,
Mr.Smith White,
(Dispatch Officer)
TNT COURIER SERVICE@
Please do call customer line for confirmation.
TEL:+447011137803
TEL:+447011137803
FAX:+447 092 869 036
You are welcome to TNT COURIER SERVICE.













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