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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:
  • "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
  • "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. )
• 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.
  • +447011140281 (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.
  • ukfiveways_expresscourier@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Well paulson <claimswinningunit09@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 08:08:16 +0100 (BST)
Subject: CONTACT THE DELIVERY COMPANY FOR YOUR DELIVERY OPTION


Dear:Leoda Weisz ,
We sequel your mail. and well actknowledge in regarding your winning parcel. i will stand to make to sure that your get winning parcel is being delivered to your country. so all you need to do now is contact the courier company no how to
delivery your winning cheque to you.


The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, M70 1NM
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Attn:Leoda Weisz ,

CONGRATULATIONS! This is to inform you that you have been cleared a winner of the NATIONAL LOTTERY International program. I am happy to inform you that i have forwarded your Original Certificate and your Certified bank cheque to the courier company. Find below the details of the courier company.

FIVEWAYS COURIER EXPRESS LTD
ADDRESS: Victoria House, 144-146,
Beddington Lane Croydon, CR0
4TD, ENGLAND, United Kingdom.

Mr.Alex Butt (dispatch officer)
Management
FIVEWAYS COURIER EXPRESS LTD.
Email: ukfiveways_expresscourier@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: +44-701-114-0281
Phone: +44-702-407-7086

You are adviced to send the courier company a mail to their email address for their courier cost of delivering your winning prize to your delivery address. When contacting them,you are to include this order number as your subject.Please you are adviced to write down the order number and save it. ORDER NUMBER: SH231282

Note: you are to Quote your complete names,Ref/Batch Numbers and your direct phone number so that they can honour your letter also do keep me updated with your communications with the courier company.

Once again i say congratulations and always inform me with your dealings with the courier company.

Thanks,
Dr Well Paulson
Fiduciary Agent




Contact Person: Mr. ALEX BUTT.
YOU ARE ADVICE TO ACT FASTAS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ENABLE US FILE YOUR NAME ON OUR LIST OF DELIVERY THIS WEEK.

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