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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "22 garden close, stamford" (address often used in fake lottery scams)
  • "the bmw automobile company" (no such lottery exists)
• 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. )
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "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!
• 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.
  • +447024070436 (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.
  • bmwpromofiduciary_agent@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • fastwaycourierpostalservice@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: George White BMW <bmwpromofiduciary_agent@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:32:27 +0100 (BST)
Subject: BMW...............Contact Uk Fast Way Courier Postal Company Ltd For Your Cliams!!!




INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF
THE BMW AUTOMOBILE COMPANY.
22 Garden Close, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom.
Reference Number: BMW:2551256003/23
Email:bmwpromofiduciary_agent@yahoo.co.uk


Dear Gerard Kohlmacher

We wish to acknowledge receipt of your particulars and proceed with the process of valida your claim. You are to contact fast way courier limited for your winning prize and car and some other document,

The parcel to be delivered to you contain your winning check in the amount that you have won. Your winning certificate, Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims. All this you will take to your bank once it gets to you and they will transfer the funds into your account in your country over there.

CLAIMS ID RECEIPTENT STREET ADDRESS AMOUNT STATUS 231002993 WilliamHerriott 17 farm Road £500,000.00 GBP PAID 772661882 Delila R. 1412 W.Nectarine Avenue $300.00 PENDING 238828934 Jamie Kirk 14907 Creekpointe Circle £500,000.00 GBP PAID 383894902 Gerard Kohlmacher
CONTACT ADDRESS?
£500,000.00 GBP PENDING 002983823 Ricky Jones 128 Columbus Avenue £500,000.00 GBP PENDING 993884821 Fred Muhammad 58, Basement Chandni Shopping Maal, Saddar, Hyderabad , Sindh Pakistan £500,000.00 GBP PAID 112323164 Isabelle Bradley 409 Glencoe Drive £500,000.00 GBP PENDING 544657865 Estrella Suson Sto. Niño Ylaya, Talamban, Cebu City, Philippines,6000 £500,000.00 GBP PAID

*Batch Number:
*Reference Serial Number:

*Ticket Number :
*Full Names:
*Contact Address:

All this listed information are to use in contacting our courier service, Please contact Mr. Phill Anderson. of Uk Fast Way Courier Postal Company Ltd. with this contact address:

23 Rufford Court, Hardwick
Grange Woolston,
Warrington WAI 4RF,
United Kingdom.
Name: Mr. PHILL ANDERSON
EMAIL: fastwaycourierpostalservice@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE:(+44) 702 407 0436
FAX : (+44) 870 068 7425

He would be responsible for sending you your check and other documents which would require yo ur signature. When the documents are couriered to you, you would sign them and return them to the Payout office of BMW Automobile International Awareness Promotion (IAP), from where it would be forwarded to the headquarters of uk lotto. Please oblige to follow their instructions so the document can get to your present address on time,

Thanks for your understanding.

Sincerely yours,
UK BMW PROMO LOTTERY AWARD
Dr. Albert Starr
Fiduciary Department.




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