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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:
  • "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "courier service" (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!
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • +447024075281 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Harrison Finchley <drharrison_dept@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:33:43 +0100 (BST)
Subject: VISIT ANY WESTERN UNION OFFICE TO MAKE PAYMENT



WELCOME TO SEA-GATE FINANCIAL TRUST FUNDS.
AN AFFILIATE OF THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
HEAD OFFICE: NEW 315 OLD THAMBU CHETTY STREET,
SLOUGH BERKSHIRE SL1 3XT LONDON ,UK
Tel:+44-7024075281
Tel:+44-7011152801

Our Ref#: ZLX/CZEL/175
Your Ref #: RDSL/OBL/I3-X6/11

Attn:Brunhild Krueglich


This is to confirm the recept of your mail in this office today 19-7-2007,the contents of your mail was brief and well understood and we were made to understand that you prefer the option one using the special deliveryr of your winning funds and the other vital document to you.


You are hereby advised to visit any western union office or money gram office closest to you to make payment of ( 560 pounds sterling)with the name and address below.

Name.Charles Darren
Address.NEW 315 OLD THAMBU CHETTY STREET, SLOUGH BERKSHIRE SL1 3XT LONDON ,UK

You advised to send the payment information or slip to this office via mail as soon as you make payment to enable immediate approval of your delivery by the ups.

Follwoing the contents of your mail the uk lottery board has put in place everything possible as regards your winnings funds to ensure that you do not have problems with the EEC banking rules and regulations .

My advise for you is that you should go ahead and make payments for the delivery to enable your parcel be approved for delivery.

Kindly note that the uk lottery alongside the sea gate trust company will always be of assitance to you as regards your winnings so you do not have any cause to be afraid of your won funds as we have made provisions to show that your funds was obtained legally from the uk goverment.

I will give you a call later today ,hoping to receive the payment information from you to enable us finalise the delivery of your winnings funds to you in Germany .

Find below the charges needed to be paid to the ups courier services for the delivery of your winning parcel.



2.USING UPS DELIVERY COURIER SERVICE.

Shipment of your winning check via UPS DELIVERY SERVICE .The UPS delivery service is affiliated to the Lottery programme on the basic fact that if winner cannot meet with the transferring cost of the Bank they can use the UPS delivery service to transfer/ship their winning check to them. cost of delivery using UPS

DELIVERY SERVICE is £ 560 (POUNDS)

Mailing Charges.....................£ 350
Insurance..................................£ 120
Vat..............................................£ 90


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Total.....................£ 560 (POUNDS)

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Once again i congratulate you on your recent winnings and i look forward for a bonus.

Regards,
Mr Harrison Finchley.
Funds Release/Transfer Manager.


**SEA-GATE FINANCIAL TRUST FUNDS , Registered in England No 929027. Registered Office: 135 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3UR.Regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE



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