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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:
  • "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
  • "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!
• 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.
  • +447045739068 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: ONLINENOTIFICATION <ccsexpresscourierltd@live.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 13:56:37 -0300
Subject:

ONLINE NOTIFICATION UNIT.
REFERENCE NUMBER:UKL/478593G9/19,
BATCH NUMBER:01/209/AD16G,
TICKET NUMBER: 112-4540-525-106,
OUR REF: 12190/14

Dear Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the final announcement of the UK National Lottery Online Promo Programme held on the 19th of May 2008.We have been sending this notice to you but this is the last as we are about distributing winnings to winners.The draw was done electronically with several email addresses provided to this office by microsoft to enhance the utilization of the internet.

Your email address was attached to Reference Number Ref: UKL/478593G9/19  and was picked as one of the ten
winning email addresses.

This has qualified you to claim the total cash prize Of £789,000.00 in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £7,534,370.00 shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners in this category B.Therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it.

Your winnings will be issued to you as soon as you contact our AFFILIATE COURIER COMPANY for delivery of your winning certificate and winning cheque of £789,000.00.  Pounds. Kindly provide us with the information requested below accurately to help us deliver your package as them information provided will be used to contact you and the address provided is
where your winning package will be shipped to.Claims Processing Form.
(Fill And Send To The Courier Company)

Full Name:
Residential Address: 
City:
State:
Age:
sex:
Occupation:
Country:
Telephone:

We have sent your cheque and other vital documents relating to your winnings to our affilaite courier company,INTERNATIONAL COURIER SYSTEMS. Do note,that sequel to UK Lottery Acts 249(n) of 1972 ammended in
July, m1996 to ensure the actual winning prize get to Winners, the Courier charges cannot be deducted from your winning claims because your winning claim is bonded by a hard cover insurance policy that gives only the winner access to the prize money.

Hence you will be responsible for all costs incurred in mailing your winning parcel to you and not the Lottery Board. International Courier Systems does operate on Pay before delivery service to winners of the UK National Lottery thus they shall not commence delivery until they are paid.

See below the contact information of the administrative officer.

You are advised to act accordingly.

MR. JASMA RIGGS
Administrative  Officer
Telephone.: +44 704 573 9068
Email:  ccsexpresscourierltd@live.co.uk

Quote Your Reference Number as UKL/478593G9/19 when contact our affilaite courier company. Congratulations once more from all our members of Staff.

Yours Sincerely
Sir.Kevin Harsh.
(Online Promo Co-ordinator)

Anti-fraud resources:

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