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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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:
  • "clearance certificate" (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. )
  • "i will advice you " (this email uses bad English)
• 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: INTERNATIONAL COURIER SYSTEMS Mrs Parker White <infoicscourierss07@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:11:25 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Update


Good Day Ms Winifride Bieberer ,

I got your mail dated to me, My office has just acknowledged the receipt of your email. I would appreciate if such insulting mail is no longer sent to this office, we don't accept it.Please take note.This is a Noble Organisation, and has never and will never be involved in any scam.

First i did not inform you about any winning notification, the National Lottery Did to contact me in the first place so why should you write such an email to this office. This organisation is aware of the high level of scam on the Internet.

We have had the same problem over the years, so we have included the use of a high British International Security, which also carries a insurance policy, by prompting winners to obtain a Drug/Anti-Terrorist Clearance Certificate to cover their winnings.

Note that, if such email is sent to this office, you will be reported to the FBI for security reasons.

It is an Free National Lottery and I do not wish to be embarrassed by such an unreasonable mail; hence, I advice that you follow the necessary procedures to enable the quick transfer of your winnings to you. I hope you understand.

Below, are some of the extracts from our affiliate firms and awards given to people.

http://www.eff.org/awards/coop.html
http://www.primepointfoundation.org/IndiaVisionAwards_AwardsPresentation.html

Lastly, if you are in doubt, write an official email to this office forfeiting your winnings. This will then make the Board of Directors re-stake your winnings for the next edition of this
UK National Lottery Promo.

I will advice you go ahead and chose a service option, and get back to us as soon as possible.

For security reason, please you are advised not to disclose your winning identity to any one, due to security reasons, of friends, family and relatives claiming winning on behalf of the rightful winner.Please be warned.

Regards,

Mr Parker White.


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