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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "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.
  • +447024091740 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: qdell courier <qdellcourierdelivery_uk@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 13:07:28 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Attn, In Respones To Your Email




dell Couriers Ltd,
Corporate Headquarters,
LHR/QDell,
91 Station Road ,
West Drayton,
Middlesex UB7 7LTUnited Kingdom .
Tel: +447024091740

Dear ( ms Karola )
Compliment of the day to you, this email is regarding the procedure you are to follow in order to get your Microsoft winning cheque and all order document deliverd to you suceesfuly to your mailing addres safely all i am advicing now is to choess an option from the delivery option sent you ,


It is the usual practice of our organisation to conduct a proper verification of all parcels that we are to deliver to ensure that they are valid before contacting the winniers. Be rest assured that your cheque has been confirmed valid and true and delivery will be made once you have met the necessary requirements.

We are a well established company offering courier and transport services 24hour a day for priority delivery of letters, parcels and consignments to any destination by road, air or sea. We have a substantial team of dispatch trucks plus van driver couriers in all size vehicles from small vans up to 5.5 tonne and international couriers for despatch by road, sea or air.


This company declined reverse payment for these charges, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the cheque to you. That if a reverse payment is made, and something goes wrong, that the lottery house/you cannot sue the courier company or insurance company to recover the full value of the fund as stipulated in the cheque since payment for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing. With the above reason, reverse payment is ruled out.

NOTE: That your prize is protected by a Hardcover Insurance Policy by Geotrust Insurance Company which makes it Impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it has been remitted to you.This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the national gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD july 1999 by the constitutional assembly.This is to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds

This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you first before your prize is transferred to you.Please respond to this email by making a selection from ths options sent to you before ealy on.

You are to send a copy of the evidence of payment to your handling agent as well for confirmation. A receipt of the above payment will be issued to you from our office along with your check.

As soon as we receive confirmation and evidence of payment of the above charges, we will despatch your parcel immediately. The date and time of departure and expected date of delivery will be sent to you. It will take twenty-four hours to get your parcel delivered to you. You will be required to sign for the parcel and to do this, you will need either your international passport as identification or your driver's license. and also i try calling you but you always cult of my calls i realy wanted to tolk to you on phone to explian so that you will understand,

PLEASE NOTE ALSO:IF YOU WILL NOT PAY FOR THE CHARGES PLEASE INFORM US SO THAT WE WILL SEND BACK YOUR WINNING PARCEL TO THE LOTTERY COMPANY.

MR John Parker
Customer Services

dell Couriers Ltd,
Corporate Headquarters,
LHR/QDell,
91 Station Road ,
West Drayton,
Middlesex UB7 7LTUnited Kingdom .
Tel: +447024091740

NOTE:We do not carry out COD.





















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