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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:
  • "cost of mailing your draft" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "express courier delivery" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "payment for the courier" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "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!
• 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.
  • chelmsfordexpress@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Chelmsford Express Courier Services." <chelmsfordexpress@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 02:16:40 +0100 (BST)
Subject: {Disarmed} Chelmsford Express Couriers:Order Number CFE/573438/URGENT.


essex, london, chelmsford, braintree, colchester, basildon, uk, courier services, express delivery, companies, parcels Chelmsford Express Couriers
Same Day Express Courier Delivery Services
17 Belmont Close,
Chelmsford, Essex
CM1 6UT
Wednesday, August 8th. 2007



Batch 074/05/ZY369
Ref: UK/9420x2/68
lucky/Winning numbers 3-5-19-25-30-5

ATTENTION:Mr. Cort Urnerder .

Sequel to your last email;

We would like to inform you that your prize delivery only commences upon the receipt of your choosen option and payment made for charges.

The insurance company declined reverse payment for the courier, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the draft 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 draft since payment for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing.

With the above reason, reverse payment is ruled out. Forward the cost of mailing your draft with any of the courier channel cost you choose above to us.


Note: That your prize is in a suspense account and 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.

We would advice you to duly send to us your choosen option to enable us furnish you with details on how to complete payment for charges.


Do Acknowledge the Receipt of this Mail.
Yours In Service,

Mr. John P. Woods MBE.

Copyright © 2007 email: chelmsfordexpress@yahoo.co.uk




Cort Urnerder <cort7209@mozartmail.info> wrote:
I have been contemplating carefully your latest email and frankly, I am a little concerned.

I am finding it now definitely more complicated to collect my prize money than agreed. Why can it not be possible to just send me a check? Please explicate this for me?

Now I will wait for a response from you please.

Mr Urnerder

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