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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:
  • "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
• 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.
  • +447024079441 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • uk_police_office@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SWISS BANK ENGLAND <swiss_bank_england01@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:37:15 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PAYMENT OF OPTION.(Bathilda Kaufitz)


SWISS BANK IN ENGLAND . Unit 11, Ashford Industrial Estate,
Shield Road, Ashford, Middx,
TW15 1AU, london.
United Kingdom.





Attn: Bathilda Kaufitz,

Welcome to the Swiss Bank in England.

I am the officer in charge of winning disbursement. This is true that B.B.C LOTTERY AGENT here in England deposited some amount of money with us, to be claimed by you.

If you can not come by your self and collect your winning prize from the Swiss Bank and you will pay the Delivery Charges or Transfer Charges so that your winning funds can be transfer into your bank account or deliver to you and if you are come and collect your winning cheque from the bank you will pay your tax of £4500.00 to the Tax Office ,as soon as possible.


The amount deposited is £710,000 .To collect this cash,you have two options:

(1) Deliever a cheque to you in your house with your information below:

Your Order number is AMCS231-4844 in 24hrs time. Description of parcel to be delivered:


Delivery Destination:

Name: ........... Bathilda Kaufitz

Addrees........

Tel...............

Amount to be deliver to you: £710,000

Delivery Charges is ths : £ 350.75 or $560.75

(2) Transfer the money into your bank account information below:





Transfer to your bank account information in 12hrs.

Full name:

Bank Name:

Account No:

Swift Code:

Bank address:

Branch of Bank:

You will pay transfer fees of £450.60 or $780.75

Your winning funds will be transfer into your bank account in 12hrs and your winning cheque will be deliver to you in 24hrs.


The charges are a little bit high because of the insurance cover we have undertaken incase of loss,damage or theft of your highly sensitive document. We assume all responsibilities incase of any eventualities.So that your winning cheque can be delivered to you fast. You are to make the payment through Western Union Money Transfer so as to speed up the process of delivery. You are to locate the nearest western union agent to you and make the payment through the name of our accounts officer below:

Name of Office,,,,Stephan Roberto Dubos
Bank Address,,,,Gresham Street London EC2V 7NG.

You are to send the following details as soon as you make the payment

1.Full Name:
2.Address of Sender:
3.Amount sent :
4.Control number(MTCN)

5.Test question and answer (if any) :

Be advice at the moment of making payment, do not disclose any information regarding your winning funds, so as to prevent any form of impersination, whereby someone will claim your cash prize on your behalf while not authorize by you.

NOTE THAT YOUR WINNING PRIZE IS PROTECTED BY A HARDCOVER INSURANCE POLICY, UNDERTAKEN BY THE GEOTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY HERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DEDUCT ANY CHARGES FROM THE WINNINGS BEFORE IT IS BEEN REMITTED TO YOU. THIS MEANS THAT THE ABOVE CHARGES CANNOT BE DEDUCTED FROM THE PRIZE WINS AND HENCE MUST BE PROVIDED BY YOU UPFRONT BEFORE YOUR PRIZE CAN BE DELIVERED TO YOU.

Note: That your fund containing your winning cheque and other vital document regarding your winnings is protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before it will be 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 are quite aware if the rate of scams in the going on in the world today and as a legitimate and reputable bank we will never have our bank names involve in any form of scam activity and we want you know that this is Registar with the UK POLICE , if you want to report a : www.online.police.co.uk or email : uk_police_office@yahoo.co.uk

We are waiting for your response.

Yours Sincerely,


Mr John Cole.

Call Us or send us an email if you have any Questions
Registered Office:
Payment Office in England Plc.
99 Gresham Street
London EC2V 7NG.
Tel.: +447024079441
Fax:+44870 471 4208








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