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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:
  • "the bmw automobile company" (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. )
  • "clear source of funds certificate" ("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. )
  • "certificates of origin of funds" ("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. )
  • "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.
  • +447045731277 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "info@couxpressltd.co.uk" <info@couxpressltd.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 05:31:25 -0400
Subject: COUXPRESS COURIER LTD :IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS{CPEL/OWN/9876}

COUXPRESS COURIER LTD
Email :info@couxpressltd.co.uk
TEL : +44-(7)-045-731-277
+44-(7)-045-736-468
FAX : +44 - (7)-7515-3871

ATTENTION WINNER ,

Your particulars have been received in this office.This means that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Dept. at the headquarters of the BMW Automobile Company.Your winning cheque, original copy of your winning certificate, together with a covering document (Money Laundering protection ) from the British government stating that the money was obtained legally through their BMW Automobile Promotions will be sent to you as soon as you choose from any of the option stipulated below.

Your prize from the 2007 BMW Automobile Promotions, has been brought to us for delivery to your residence by the Claims Department of the BMW Automobile Company, United Kingdom. The items in our possession for your delivery are:

 

1. WINNING CERTIFICATE FROM BMW  LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.
2. A CHEQUE OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS
3. CLEAR SOURCE OF FUNDS CERTIFICATES (C.S.F.C.);
4. CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN OF FUNDS (C.O.F.).

5. BMW 5 SERIES CAR

We do not ship outside Uk ,but will have contacted the 3 various Courier outlets that we would be using in sending your parcels and award car to you which are below.

To begin the final step of the claims process, which is the shippment of your winning cheque prize to you. With regards to this, there are 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:You are be required to pay the neccesary courier charges to enable us send you your cheque and other claim documents alongside the shipping of your award car.
Shipping your winning cross cheque to you via any of this channel listed below:

DHL

Mailing:     £190.00
Insurance: £140.05
Vat:     &nbs p;      £100.00

Shipping:    £310.00

TOTAL:      £740.05

UPS

Mailing:     £140.00
Insurance: £150.00
Vat:          & nbsp;£ 100.00

Shipping:    £300.00

TOTAL:      £690.00

FEDEX

Mailing:     £180.00
Insurance: £140.00
Vat:           £ 100.55

Shipping:    £210.00

TOTAL:      £630.55

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

Send your response to indicate your option within the next 24hrs,because you only have 6 days to claim this cheque and after this period,your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be reused in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.

Once again,congratulations.

Regards,

Mrs Shaun Davids
COUXPRESS COURIER LTD
Email :info@couxpressltd.co.uk
TEL : +44-(7)-045-731-277
+44-(7)-045-736-468
FAX : +44 - (7)-7515-3871

 

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