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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:
  • ",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)
  • "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!
• 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.
  • +447011132523 (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.
  • crosscountrycourier@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Crosscountry courierservices <crosscountrycourier@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 09:57:18 +0100
Subject: DELIVERY OPTIONS / COST FOR YOUR WINNING PRIZE:Reg. Order number UKNL/031271






REG NO.CC-0342 COURIER DELIVER OPTIONS/GUIDELINES


DATE:01/08/2007

ATTN: Sigilwig Scherder

Good day to you. This is to inform you that we are in possession of a certified parcel with identification Reg. Order number UKNL/031271 which is to be couriered to you and have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept. At the headquarters. The original copy of this certificate from the BRITISH GOVERNMENT stating that the money was obtained legally through their UK ON-LINE NATIONAL LOTTERY will be sent to you or your bank as soon as you meet with any of the options stated below and your winnings will be couriered or transferred to you immediately. Note that we do not deliver to P.O.Box address or street corners but to customers residence. Your parcel with identification Order number UKNL/031271 has been received in this company, and will be deliver to you at your door step.





NOTE: 1.Please confirm your delivery address.
2.Choose from the delivery options provided below
and pay the associate charges.

Description Of Parcel to be delivered:

Weight of parcel..................................0.47 kg
Color of parcel..................................... Brown
Lenght of Days.....................................pending on your chosen choice of delivery .


With regards to this, there are two options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of these options, together with their associated conditions, these options are categorically stated below:


OPTION: ONE

BY COURIER VIA THE BELOW THREE(3)CHANNELS:


(A) EXPRESS (24hrs)





Mailing
£105.00
00.00

Insurance
£430.00
00.00

Vat
£035.00
00.00

TOTAL
£570.00
00.00


(B) PREMIUM (48hrs )





Mailing
£080.00
00.00

Insurance
£350.00
00.00

Vat (5%)
£030.00
00.00

TOTAL
£460.00
00.00

(C) REGULAR (72hrs)




Mailing
£070.00
00.00

Insurance
£300.00
00.00

Vat (5%)
£020.00
00.00

TOTAL
£390.00
00.00


OPTION: TWO

BY BANK TRANSFER

CONDITIONS : The commision of transfer ( C.O.T ) being charge by our transfering bank which is ( £ 2,000 GBP ) will be paid by you ( winner) that is 0.20% of your total won prize of ( 1,000,000.00 GBP) which is to be transfered into your designated bank account. Before the funds transfer could be made.

NOTE: That your prize is protected by a hard cover insurance policy by P.A.F INSURANCE COMPANY, which makes it impossible for us to deduct any amount from your winnings before it is been Remitted to you. This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from your won prize and hence must be provided by you before your winning prize will be transfered to you. Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of your winnings is exactly two weeks after the receipt of this email. After this period, your winning prize will be deem to have been forfeited by you and will be retured back to the UK ON-LINE NATIONAL LOTTERY for re- staking in their next edition.

Once you have selected an option we shall provide you with the details of our chief accounts officer to enable you make payments forth-with. Dispatch of your winning parcel will be effected immediately depending on the option which you have chosen and paid for, Thank you.


REGARDS
MR GEORGE WILLMON
(SENIOR DISPATCH OFFICER)
+ 44 701 113 2523
+ 44 703 359 01424
crosscountrycourier@hotmail.co.uk

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