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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:
  • "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 company" (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.
  • +4407011131267
• 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.
  • info.lottocoordinator@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Guy Roger <info.lottocoordinator@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 11:12:48 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Available payment options


MICROSOFT U-K ONLINE LOTTERY.





FROM THE COORDINATOR,
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
THE EMAIL LOTTO, UK.

Attn: Ms Solvig Jaeg
Dear Prize Winner,

I am receipt of your and from my own interpretations, I am aware that a bird in your room signifies good things to come your way. Maybe this is a sign to prove to you that you actually won this prize. More so, you are only expected to pay five hundred and seventy Great British Pounds (£570GBP) which stands for your insurance, processing and courier charges of your winning documents which would be sent to your nominated postal/home address soon. Well, I am pleased to inform you that you have been officially cleared for payment by the verifications Department at the headquarters of the Email Lotto of United Kingdom for the TENTH FREE INTERNET DRAWS of THE EMAIL LOTTO OF UNITED KINGDOM AS SPONSORED BY THE MICROSOFT COMPANY INC. The original copy of your Winning Certificate, your Winning bank draft/check and two other documents (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) from the British Government stating that the money was obtained legally through the
Email Lotto Lottery will be sent to you via courier as soon as you meet with any of the optional requirements listed below. Meanwhile, your winning certificate will be sent to you first via email attachment so as to enable you apply to our accounts department for your payment.

I wish to inform you that all authorities involved have certified payment of your Lottery Claims amounting to two hundred and fifty thousand GB Pounds (£250,000.00), which is prize money from EMAIL LOTTO for your winning in the Email Lotto New Year Slots Draws, which was drawn through a computer random system of all Internet users worldwide. Be informed that instruments of payment for the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand GB Pounds (£250,000.00) to you is already in our possession and shall be processed upon meeting the requirements stated below. You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you. With regards to this, there are two options open to you; you are required to select the more convenient of the two.

The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:

Option 1: Courier of your winning draft to you via DHL Courier Company, which is our assigned courier company. Please note that you can cash your bank draft from any bank anywhere in the world. The Courier Company would bring the documents to your postal/home address nominated by you and as written below (please you are allowed to correct or amend your contact information in your next mail):

Name: Ms Solvig Jaeg
Address: …………………..

You will be required to send your international passport, driver’s license or ID card to me via email attachment as it will be used for a proper identification of you during delivery of your winning documents and bank draft to you by the DHL Courier Company.

Option 2: Your prize money will be wired to your bank account via an automated Direct Wire Transfer System operated by nominated Payment center. Hence you would be required to send in your Bank information, i.e. bank account number, swift/iban codes.

I expect an email from you immediately making a selection from the two options above. Also call me and inform me so as to hasten up your transfer. Call within 7:30am-9:00pm GMT.

Congratulations and have a wonderful week.

THE COORDINATOR
MR GUY ROGER
Email-Lotto
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
Tel: +44-(0)7011131267
+44-(0)7045728763
Email: info.lottocoordinator@yahoo.co.uk


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