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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:
  • "million british pounds" (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)
  • ",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)
  • "keep this confidential" (they don't want anyone to point out to you that this is a scam)
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "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.
  • +447045719388 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: WALKER PELKINS <agentpelkins@natuklotdirectory.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:20:02 +0000
Subject: ADVISED TO CONTACT THE SHIPMENT COMPANY FOR YOUR CASH WINNINGS
DELIVERY

























Manchester M60 2DB,

United Kingdom


UK NATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD CENTER
124 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB - United Kingdom
This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two Million British Pounds Sterlings Great Britain Pounds (2,000,000GBP) for the 2007 New Year Prize Promotion which is Organized by UK NATIONAL LOTTERY & WINDOWS LIVE.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY! collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners
PAYMENT OF PRIZE AND CLAIMStated below are your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: UKPA/06/APA-43658 REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522PIN: 1206

Attn: Philip A. Payoyo.


You have Been advised to contact Our Affiliated Shipment Company (GX EXPRESS SHIPMENT COMPANY) @ CONTACT THEM AT PHONE NUMBER +447045719388 EMAIL I.D :info@gxexpresscourierservice.com for final solution through delivery to your designated country including your Winning Certificate Signed and Seal .
Furtherance to your pending award claims process, we are pleased to inform you that your file has been validated and the following documents has been forwarded to our affiliated courier company for delivery of your cash winnings to your address as required. 1) Award Prize (Original Copy)2) Official Letter of Winning Notification3) Award Winning Certificate (Endorsed by the Gaming Board)4) A Cashier Cheque of cash value £2,000.000.00(TWO MILLION GBP STERLING).
The UK NATIONAL LOTTERY AWARD CENTER has officially approved the " GX EXPRESS SHIPMENT COMPANY" an international courier company to carryout direct delivery of your winnings to your designated address. The Delivery Company contact, is issued below: Contact Person: Mr. ROBERT JOHNSON.Customer ServicesGX EXPRESS SHIPMENT COMPANY
Tel :+447045719388
COMPANY EMAIL:info@gxexpresscourierservice.com
You are hereby advised to make direct contact with the above Delivery company, for further processes and to facilitate the immediate delivery approval of your consolation cash prize.
Please update this office with your current status for subsequent development in regards to this delivery process with the Delivery Company.




SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:

Endeavour to email the GX EXPRESS SHIPMENT COMPANY .Send the below information when contacting the Delivery company, is very important during delivery of parcel:

1. NAME OF BENEFICIARY IN FULL:
2. ADDRESS IN FULL, INCLUDING STATE, CITY, ZIPCODE
3. NATIONALITY: 4. AGE: 5. OCCUPATION:
6. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER:
7. NATIONAL IDENTITY CARD OR DRIVERS LICENCE:
8. REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522,
9 BATCH NUMBER: UKPA/06/APA-43658:
IMPORTANT: Incase of any change of address, you are adviced to kindly inform this office, if it is still before the deadline, more importantly, winners are adviced to keep their winning details/ information from the public to avoid fraudulent claim by member of the public pending the total transfer/ claim by winner, therefore, keep this confidential.
DISCLAIMER: This email are confidential and are intended solely for the use of the named addressee. If you have recieved this email in error please return.

Just do what i say to make sure your parcel is delivered to your and then get us a feed back .
Congratulations!! Once again.






Yours in Service,Pro. (Mrs.) Edith Barth
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WARNING!Do not tell people about your Prize Award until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claim.You may also receive similar e-mails from people potraying to be other Organizations or Yahoo Inc. This is solely to collect your personal information from you and lay claim over your winning. In event that you receive any e-mail similar to the notification letter that was sent to you, Kindly delete it from your mail box and give no further correspondence to such person or body.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY shall not be held responsible for any loss of fund arising from the above mentioned-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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