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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)
  • "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.
  • +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: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 18:17:15 +0100
Subject: CROSSCOUNTRY COURIER: TOP URGENT RESPONSE






REG NO.CC-0342 COURIER DELIVER OPTIONS/GUIDELINES


DATE: 06/08/2007

ATTN: Ms Scherder

I am in receipt of your towards the claiming of your winning prize.You have to know this that, you really wasting time in making your claims, you are not to tell us on how to deliver your winning prize to you hence we have been instructed by the uknational lottery board on how to remitte winners prize to them. That is why we provide you with an options of delivery which you deem fit to make claim of your winning prize immediately.


Moreso, you are advice again to make a delivery choice from the options provided below to enable the
dispatch unit commence with your winning prize delivery, as you were told before that your parcel to be delivered contains, your winning cheque and your winning document stating that you are the actual winner of the said amount of ( 1,000,000.00 gbp ) and
we have to make this clear to you that, we do not deliver winning cheque to winners by post, that is just the order given to us by the uknational lottery gaming board. Once again please a chioce from the provided options below so as to provide you with an instructions on how to make payment for the delivery charges to the account department, after which you see your winning prize deliver to you straight that is how this company operate,and if you dont want it that way, you are very free to forfeit your winning prize because it is not a must that you have to claim it. while it will be simply retured back to the uknational lottery board telling them that you have decline from making your winning prize claim, period !







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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