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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:
  • "national lottery promotion" (no such lottery exists)
  • "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 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!

Fraud email example:

From: TNT COURIER SERVICE COMPANY <tntcourier_tnt07@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 20:03:13 +0100 (BST)
Subject: FORFEITING FORM


Tnt Courier Systems{TNT}
Customer/Delivery Services Department
12 Ground Floor,
Amburst Service,
London E8 2BT, United Kingdom


ATTN :Client ,

We are using this medium to officially inform you that we will hand over your funds back to the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION BOARD due to your inability to comply to the instruction giving by the Government to enable us carry out the delivery of your winning package. You are expected to send us a Letter Of Forfeiture via e-mail on or before 9 of AUGEST 2007, that is if you wish to disclaim your winnings at this point. We have set our legal machinery's in place to avoid our company facing legal actions in future concerning these promotion winnings. See the attachment of the letter form our Legal Department.

This is to enable us have a common ground between you ,the insurance firm and the UK national lottery administrative DEPARTMENT as soon as you fill this form we shall send your parcel back to the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD under the watchful eyes of the insurance firm.

As you move forward in life lean to make some sacrifices and take some meaningful risk if you truly want to make it in life.For the past decade our courier company have been working hand in hand with Uk National Lottery Promotion,I assure you we have not experience such kind of insult.That aside,Find below is a copy of the form you will have to fill if you are still sceptical about your winnings and if you can not pay the delivery fee.


Thanks for your understanding.

FORFEITING FORM

THAT I.............................................................HAVE AGREED TO FORFEIT HIS/HER WINNINGS

NAME.......................

ADDRESS.....................

TICKET NUMBER...............

REFERENCE NUMBER.............

BATCH NUMBER....................

REASON................................

ORDER NUMBER...................

As soon as you fill this form,You are to send a copy to us to send it to THE UK NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD.

Mr Dan White.



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