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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:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "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. )
• 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.
  • +447045712644 (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.
  • tntexpresscourier03@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: British Online Lotter Board <payoutdirector01@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <tntexpresscourier03@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:06:29 -0600
Subject: CONTACT: TNT COURIER SERVICE (DISPATCH OFFICER) FOR YOUR WINNING
DELIVERY

















UK ONLINE NOTIFICATION DESK.
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSED!!UKONLINE?INTERNATIONAL LOTTERYIS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;(Registration Z720633X).


National Lottery P O Box 1010Liverpool, L70 1NLUNITED KINGDOM(Customer Services)Ref: UK/9420X/05 Batch: 074/05/ZY369
CONGRATULATIONS!This is to inform you that you have been officially cleared as a winner of £500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand British Pound), which is equivalent to $1,021,596.00 (One Million, Twenty One Thousand, Five Hundred and Ninety Six US. Dollars) cheque, in the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY online Sweepstakes International program. I am happy to inform you that i have forwarded your Original Certificate of your mode of prize collection to the courier company for delivery or transferred of your fund.Find below the details of the courier company.


CONTACT: TNT COURIER SERVICE (DISPATCH OFFICER) FOR YOUR WINNING DELIVERY
ADDRESS OF HEAD OFFICE:House 6 Pages WalkBermondsey London, SE1 4SB
Name:Mr. Perry Douglas (Despatch Officer)
Tel++447045712644
Email:tntexpresscourier03@yahoo.co.uk
You are adviced to send the courier company an mail to their email address for their courier cost of delivery.When contacting them,you are to include this order number as your subject.Please you are advised to write down the order number and save it. ORDER NUMBER:K/M757252DRAW NO_____FULL NAMES_______________________FULL CONTACT ADDRESS___________________________________ZIPCODE____________________________SEX______________DATE OF BIRTH ________________________POSTAL CODE ____________________________COMPANY NAME _____________________________TEL______________________ COUNTRY ______________________

INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION:(A) CHEQUE...........
(B) DRAFT............(C) TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER..........IF BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER(Details of the account where you want your fundstransferred):_______________________________________________
Note: you are to Quote your complete names,Ref/Batch Numbers and your direct phone number so that they can honour your letter.Once again i say congratulations and always inform me with your dealings with the courier company.

Do not hesitate to contact this office via email if the need arises.Congratulations once again,


Mr. Tom White
Clearance Department
Sweepstakes International Program.


For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned!!!
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