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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:

• 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.
  • +447045700809 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Freeman Blair <churchill_expressuk@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:29:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FINAL NOTICE.


The content of your mail was well noted.Note that all participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.This is Churchill Express and I happen to be an official here. Meaning, I am well paid. I am not here because of your paltry funds you are to send. I have no intentions in that regard. I know the consequences of paying for the C.O.D fees and not getting your lottery winnings delivered to you. I am not willing to throw away all my life efforts squeezed into being where I am today on account of your payment of the C.O.D. You are only prolonging the delivery processes.If you want your lottery winnings delivered as planned, you know what to do. Looking at your file here on my Desk, every modalities to ensure a successful delivery of your winnings funds to you are already in placed and the C.O.D fees is the only
impediment halting the said delivery. Rather than we continue to harper on a string, let get to business.On this final note,i will urge you to make a choice of the category that suits you:

Be rest assured that your check has been confirmed valid, true and delivery will be made as soon as you meet with any of the options below and the necessary requirements. With regards to this, there are two options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of the two. The options, together with their associated charges and conditions are presented.
Below are the two (2) options open to you:You are required to select the more convenient of the two.The options,together with their associated conditions are presented below: Option 1:
Courier of your winning draft to you via any of this channel listed below:
FIRST CLASS DELIVERY [24 HOURS/ 1 DAY}
Mailing &n bsp £400.00 00.00 Insurance £300.00 00.00 Vat £050.00 00.00 TOTAL £750.00 = $1,500.20 USD 00.00

AVERAGE CLASS DELIVERY [72 HOURS/ 3 DAYS]
Mailing &n bsp £130.00 00.00 Insurance £300.00 00.00 Vat £30.00 00.00 TOTAL £460 = 922.095 USD 00.00



ECONOMY CLASS DELIVERY [120 HOURS/ 5 DAYS]

Mailing &n bsp £120.00 00.00 Insurance £140.00 00.00 Vat £020.00 00.00 TOTAL £280.00 = $560.016 USD 00.00Option 2:
The said amount claims £1,500.000 (one million five hundred pounds) will be wired to your bank account via swift transfer.

Condition:The fees of C.O.T (commission of transfer) Being charged by our transferring bank(i.e. £1,500) of the cash being transferred will be paid by you.Also we have received your scanned information sent for verification which is an appropriate information required.

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 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 and win Situations. This means that the above charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your prize is transferred/delivered to you.









You are to choose your prefer mode of delivery from the above options given. We shall provide you with the details of our account officer whom you will be making the payment to via Western union International Money Transfer so as to speed up the process of transfer/delivery. Note that time frame is considerable for the collection of your lottery winnings package.


Respond to this email by making a selection from the two options above.




Mr Freeman Blair.
Head,Customer Proposition.
+447045700809
Open Mondays to Sunday
8 a.m - 9.p.m Daily
CHURCHILL EXPRESS SERVICES -The Best of British Services












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