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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:
  • "national lottery promotion" (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. )
  • "insurance fee " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "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. )
  • "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.
  • +447045730639 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Willy Ford <customerservice@rocketxpressdelivery.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:42:00 +0000
Subject:
=?iso-8859-1?Q?FILL_THE_FORM_AND_CHOOSE_YOUR_OPTION_OF_DELIVERY(=A9_2007_?=
=?iso-8859-1?Q?ROCKET_XPRESS_Dispatch)?=



































ROCKET XPRESS DELIVERY INTERNATIONAL
HEAD OFFICE
P.O. BOX 2536
KINGSTONE WAY
ZB1V 4AG
LONDON, ENGLAND.
+447045730639

EMAIL: customerservice@rocketxpressdelivery.com

Dear P.J. Beers,


Welcome to rocket xpress Dispatch. A Dispatch Company to the European National Online Gaming.

Am pleased to be at your services Willy Ford,
before we can commerce with your winnings, we will like to inform you
that this is for real as we have been the sole distributors of winning
Checks to the European National Online Gaming Programme Winners.
If you were directed by the Lottery Claim Department to
contact me, then I am obviously the designated officer. your
particulars with identification number (CPEL/OWN/9876) have been received in this office (Rocket Xpress Courier Service).

This means that you have been officially cleared for
payment by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of
the European National Awards.Your winning cheque, original copy of
your winning certificate, together with a covering document (Money
Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) from the
British government stating that the money was obtained legally through
their National Lottery promotion will be sent to you.









ROCKET XPRESS IDENTIFICATION FORM


WINNER'S PERSONAL DATA



First Name.: *




Middle Name.:


Last Name.: *




Gender.: MaleFemale




Month Of Birth.: MonthJanuaryFebuaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

Day: Day12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031

Year:

PS: ATTACH A COPY OF YOUR DRIVING LISCENCE (compulsory)




Marital Status.: SingleMarriedDivorced


Nationality.: *


Religion.:


Occupation.:


annual income.: Please ChooseLess than $15,000$15,000 to $19,999$20,000 to $29,999$30,000 to $39,999$40,000 to $49,999$50,000 to $74,999$75,000 to $99,999$100,000 to $124,999$125,000 or moreI'd rather not say


Address 1.: *


Address 2.:


City.: *


State/Province.: *


Zip Code.: *




Mobile phone No.: *


House Phone No.: *


Fax No.:


Email Address.: *eg. username@domainname.com




WINNING INFORMATION


Batch Number.: *


Serial Number.: *


Refrence Number.: *




This is to verify that the information filled in this FORM is a valid particulars of me. Yes: No:




To begin the final step of the claims process,
which is the shippment of your winning cheque/consignment to your
destination. With regards to this, You are requiered to fill the form
above so as to help us Authenticate your delivery information and there
are also Three options open to you, you are required to select the most
convenient of the Three.

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



First class delivery:48 hours Premuim class delivery:72 hours
(cost of delivery) ( cost of delivery)
postage: 50.00 pounds postage: 40.00 pounds
Insurance 400.00 pounds Insurance 350.00 pounds
Tax: 40.00 pounds Tax: 60.00 pounds
Total 490.00 pounds Total 450.00 pounds


Normal class delivery: in 116 hours
(cost of delivery)
postage: 30.00 pounds
insurance 320.00 pounds
Tax: 50.00 pounds
Total 400.00 pounds







(KINDLY
BE INFORMED THAT THE DOCUMENTS AND CHEQUE CANNOT BE SENT TO YOU WITHOUT
BEEN INSURED AS IT WILL VIOLATE THE FEDERAL ACT OF PARLIAMENT GOVERNING
INTERNATIONAL CHEQUE CLEARING) SO THE INSURANCE FEE IS TO BE PAYED IN
ADDITION TO THE COST OF ANY OF YOUR COURIER OPTION ABOVE.

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 we/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, which
makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it has
been remitted to you. This means that the above charges cannot be
deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your
prize is transferred 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 1996 by the constitutional assembly.This is
to protect winners and to avoid misappropriation of funds

After
the class and type of delivery has been selected by you, you are to
reach us with the selected Courier service you would like us to use for
the sending of your winning Check and should also be followed by the
following requirement:
A copy of your verification form Above


Send
your response to indicate your option within the next 24hrs,because you
only have seven days{one week} to claim this cheque and after this
period,your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you, we
will return it to the lottery board and be reused in the drawings of
the next edition of the lottery.
Once again,congratulations



Willy Ford
© 2007 ROCKET XPRESS Dispatch.

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