Here is a series of emails sent to us by a prospective victim. Her name is withheld for privacy reasons.You can see that the method in this case is charging courier fees upfront. In other cases, it is account opening fees, government fees, bribes, ...etc., but it is all the same: upfront money for a prize that does not exist.
Here are the e-mail's sent to me and responses from me:----------------------------------------------------------------This is public limited Organisation of is own with license of registration like yours.So we have the right to transact business to any part of the world.The Governemt have given us a go ahead to carryout our business. On the other hand,i want to inform you there is a deadline for the claim of prize money. okFrank Harry----------------------------------------------------------------[name withheld] wrote:Then is there some government number i can contact to verify that thesewinnings are real?----------------------------------------------------------------From: GLOBAL EXPRESS [mailto:globalexpressoffice101@yahoo.co.uk]Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 11:47 AMTo: [name withheld]Subject: RE: GLOBAL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES INT. (COST OF DELIVERY)These money have be insured by the Euro lottery board.My work as a depatching officer is to deliver parcel.there is no place is the world where you dont pay for the dlivery of your mails----------------------------------------------------------------[name withheld] wrote:Well guess I really didn't win. I don't just have $1000 waiting around to be sent to some where in hopes I get some random winnings. Sounds suspicious to me. If I had really won I shouldn't have to pay anything but to the United Stated government for tax purposes. Never heard of paying for something you win other then taxes.Thanks----------------------------------------------------------------From: GLOBAL EXPRESS [mailto:globalexpressoffice101@yahoo.co.uk]Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 11:05 AMTo: [name withheld]Subject: GLOBAL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES INT. (COST OF DELIVERY)GLOBAL EXPRESS COURIER SERVICES INT.12th,JUNE 2007ATTENTION: [name withheld],Compliments of the day to you.your cheque will be couried to the bank for final payment.You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you. With regards to this, there are two options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient of the two.The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:Option 1:Courier of your winning draft to you via any of this channel listedbelow:First class delivery:48 hoursMailing..............................................£300.00Insurance.........................................£250.00Vat (5%)...........................................£100.00TOTAL.............................................£.650.00TIME OF DELIVERY.............................48 HOURSPremium class delivery:72 hoursMailing ........................................... £200.00Insurance.......................................... £150.00Vat (5%).......................................... £150.00TOTAL............................................. £550.00TIME OF DELIVERY..................................72HOURSNormal class delivery: 120 hoursMailing ;............................................£200.00Insurance..........................................£150.00Vat (5%)..............................................£50.00TOTAL.................................................£400.00TIME OF DELIVERY...................................120 HOURSThe 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 asstipulated 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.Option 2:The said amount claim £420,000.00 (FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND POUND STERLING) would be wired to your bank account via swift bank transfer.Condition: The cost of COT (commission of transfer) being charged by our transferring bank, which is (i.e £1000) of the cash being transferred will be paid by you.Note that your prize is 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.Please respond to this email by making a selection from the two options above.Also attach a scanned copy of either your driver's licence, international passport (photo page) or any other legally identifying document.Also be reminded that the deadline for the claiming of winnings is exactly one week after the receipt of this email. After this period, your cash prize will be deemed to have been forfeited by you and will be re-used in the drawings of the next edition of the lottery.Good luck and Congratulations once again. Please send your response within the next 24hrs to this same email address.Mr. Frank HarryManagementGlobal Express Courier Service Int.Open 7days-8AM-11PM-365days a year+447011137543Global Express COURIER INT.Unit N 103 Westminister Business SquareDurham StLondonSE11 5JN,
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Anonymous (not verified)
scam
Sun, 2007/11/25 - 14:45"MR GRAY MOORE" View Contact Details Add Mobile Alert
To: "estrada joe"
Subject:
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:04:25 +0000
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
28 TAN FIELD ROAD,
CROYDON, LONDON,
UNITED-KINGDOM.
23-11-2007
Customer Service
(24hours)
Ref:
Batch:
Dear:
Good day to you. I want to inform you that your verification details have been received and have been processed. I must say that you should count yourself extremely lucky to have emerged as one of our lucky winners in the UK National Lottery Online Sweepstakes International Program.
We have sent your cheque and other vital documents relating to your winnings to our affilaite courier company, TNT COURIER SERVICE It is important to note that services rendered by this courier company are to be paid for by you and not the Lottery Board. TNT COURIER SERVICE does operate on Pay before delivery (P.B.D) 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.Mark Brown
Administrative Officer
Tel: +44 704 570 5149
Email:tntcourier_postdelivery@hotmail.com
You can contact :TNT COURIER SERVICE affiliate courier company for the UK National Lottery for assistance in claiming your winnings,they will help you with provision of some important documents to facilitate you getting your winnings before the next lottery draw. you are required to contact the courier officer via email.
NOTE: Services Render by TNT COURIER SERVICE is to be paid for by you and not the lottery board. Do keep us updated in regards to your progress with them
Sincerely yours,
Gary Moore(Mr)
Claims Agent
whitchurch,hantsuk.
UK National Lottery
Anonymous (not verified)
WINING FRAUD
Mon, 2008/03/03 - 07:44Microsoft Lottery Corporation
One Microsoft Way, Central London,
London CRA3 2LU.
United Kingdom.
Dear Lucky Winner.
We wish to congratulate you once again on this note, for being part of our
winners selected this month. This promotion was set-up to encourage the active
users of the Internet Microsoft Windows.
Hence we do believe with your winning prize, you will continue to be active
and patronage to the Microsoft Lottery Corporation. I wish to formally
announce to you that you have successfully pass the requirements, statutory
obligations, verifications, validations andsatisfactory report Test conducted
for all online winners.
A winning cheque will be issued in your name by the Microsoft Lottery
Corporation board, You have therefore won the entire sum of 450,000.00 {Four
Hundred And Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds} and also a certificate of
prize claims will be sent along side your winnings cheque.
You are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you
through the process of facilitate the release of your Prize.
To file your claim, Please contact your Foreign Transfer Manager :
Mr. Martin Forsyth.
Microsoft Lottery Corporation
EMAIL:forsyth@micro-xp-promo.com
Alternative Email: mr.fmartin@yahoo.co.uk
You are advised to contact your Foreign Transfer Manager with the following
details to avoid unnecessary delay and complications:
VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM.
(1) Your contact address.
(2) Your Tel/Fax numbers.
(3) Your Nationality/Country.
(4) Your Full Names.
(5) Occupation/Age.
(6) Your Preferred Method Of Receiving Your Prize(From Below)
Mode Of Prize Remittance.
(1)Cash Pick-Up (You coming Down to United Kingdom Personally to Pick Your
Prize).
(2)Courier Delivery Of your Certified Winning Cheque Name and other Winning
Documents safely to you.
The Microsoft Lottery Corporation has discovered a huge number of double
claims due to winners informing close friends relatives and third parties
about their winning and also sharing their pin numbers. As a result of this,
these friends try to claim the lottery on behalf of the real winners. The
Microsoft Lottery Corporation has reached a decision from headquarters that
any double claim discovered by the Lottery Board will result to the canceling
of that particular winning, making a loss for both the double claimer and the
real winner, as it is taken that the real winner was the informer to the
double claimer about the lottery. So you are hereby strongly advised once more
to keep your winnings strictly confidential until you claim your prize.
Congratulations
Mr. Hearly Greg.
PART 2
Global Express Courier Services London
4 King Johns Close,
Wraysbury, Nr Staines,
Berkshire. TW19 5EJ.
London, United Kingdom.
Email: dispatch@global-express-courier.co.uk
Tel: +44 704 573 1501
+44 704 573 6512
Fax: +44 (0) 704 573 1117
Welcome Customer,
We Hereby Acknowledge your contact with this company Global Express Courier Services. Your Winning Price of £450,000.00 GBP (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds) which is in a Cashiers Certified Cheque will be sent to you through Courier Means .
Also you are hereby inform that you have been officially cleared for payment by the Verifications Department, at the headquarters of the Microsoft Windows Corparations. The original copy of this certificate, together with a covering document (Money Laundering protection and Letter of Affidavit for Claims) British government stating that the money was obtained legally through their National Lottery Promotion organisers will be sent to you as soon as you meet with any of the option selected and your winnings will be couriered or transferred to you immediately.
You can now begin the final step of the claims process, which is the transferring of your cash prize to you. With regards to this, there are options open to you, you are required to select the most convenient option.
_______________________________
Description of Parcel to be delivered
_______________________________
Item to be delivered: Winning Parcel
Weight of Original Winning Certificate: 0.12g
Weight of Bank Cheque: ......................0.6g
Total weight of parcel: .......................0.18g
Total Net weight of Parcel:................. 0.20g
Delivery Package Status: Not Ready for dispatch
The options, together with their associated conditions are presented below:
Global Express Courier Normal Class Delivery: 4 Working Days (96 Hours)
Cost of Delivery.
Postage: £120
Insurance: £230
Administrative: £130
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Total £480 - $944
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Global Express Courier Premium Class Delivery: 3 Working Days. (72 Hours).
Cost of Delivery.
Postage: £150
Insurance: £300
Administrative: £100
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Total £550 - $1,082
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Global Express Courier First class Delivery 2 Working days (48 Hours)
Cost of Delivery.
Postage: £ 230
Insurance £ 250
Administrative: £ 200
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Total £680 - $1,339
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This company decline reverse payment for these charges, stating that it is against their professional policy towards ensuring the safe delivery of the cheque 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 Winnings as stipulated in the cheque since payment for insurance cover was not made at point of mailing.With the above reason, reverse payment is ruled out.
Note: That the parcel containing your winning has been bonded and issued in your name, which means your winnings cannot be deducted. Please do send your response within the next 24hrs with the following informations which would be needed to facilitate the delivery of your Parcel.
1. Full Name:
2. Phone Number:
3. Your Delivery Address:
4. You Preferred Delivery Option:
5. A Scanned copy of your International Passport or Driver's license (Optional):
We are glad to have you do Transactions with this company.
Yours in Service.
Derrick Wellis
Managing Director
Global Express Courier Services London
Copyright © 2008 Global Express Courier Services Inc. All rights reserved. Designated trademarks and brands are the property of their respective owners.
Anonymous (not verified)
igual
Thu, 2008/10/02 - 15:29A pesar de lo claro del asunto, la verdad pense que era cierto... Ahora solo entiendo que no es algo bueno.
jitendra mani (not verified)
is it fake or true
Mon, 2008/11/10 - 03:17Free Lottery Sweepstakes Promotions (2008 Jackpot Promo)
Dear Winner,
Ref Number: UK/ 9590 ES 9414
Batch Number: 573881545-NL/2008
Ticket draw Number:14, 23, 25, 31, 38
Draw Date:10th Nov 2008
This is a Re-Notification of your unclaimed winning which we ran on our
automated computer ballot of most of our unclaimed winnings.your e-mail
address emerged as a winner in the unclaimed winnings category "Hot Ball:
10" with the following numbers attached Ref Number: UK/ 9590 ES 9414 ,
Batch Number: 573881545-NL/2008 and Ticket draw Number: 15, 16, 19, 26,
28, You are therefore to receive a cash prize of £500,000 GBP (FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITIANS POUNDS STERLINGS) from the total
payout.Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will
be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements.
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To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to
contact our accredited claims agent above for immediate processing of your
winning with the information below:
=============================================
Name In Full_____________ Address In Full_____________
Telephone/Fax number In Full_____________ Nationality_____________
Age_____________ Country_____________
Occupation_____________ Amount Won_____________
===================================
Claims Agent:-Mrs Cherry Warner
Email: mrs.cherryclaimsdept@hotmail.com
====================================
Draw Date:10th Nov 2008
HOT LOTTO OFFICIAL
Free Lottery Sweepstakes Promotions 2008.
Anonymous (not verified)
Fucking frauds
Tue, 2008/12/02 - 03:37I also recived an email for wnning price, not a single one but lots of mails.
let me tell u all people that fuck thses fraudants.
i am with you allll....
YOur's
well wisher
manoj (not verified)
wnning price
Thu, 2009/06/04 - 07:24i have received one message is true or scam/fraud?
please give me inform .
FROM DESK OF PROMOTION {LOTTERY SHOP AWARD EMAIL LOTTERY LONDON}
YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON US$2,000,000.00(Two Million US Dollars) in the second category of our computer ballot email lottery with TICKET NO: ******* and BATCH :*********
This program takes place annually, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc. with the support of European corporate companies and organizations to encourage the use of internet and computers worldwide.
No ticket was sold but it is to encourage the use of Internet and to claim your winning prize contact Please contact Barrister Mohammad Yasin in Jakarta Indonesia for your claims with the following details below to enable the speedy evaluation and processing of your winning.
1. Name. 2. Home address. 3. Telephone number. 4. Age and occupation. 5.
Ticket number. 6. Batch number. 7. Indicate your won amount:
Barr. Mohammed Yasin ESQ
Director International Payment Center
(Europe, America, Middle East, Asia and Africa)
MENARA ANSANA. 12 JL INDAH RAYA.
JATI NEGARA 11248, JAKARTA INDONESIA
EMAIL: barrmohammed_yasinesq@hotmail.com
Tel: +62 858 132 62422
Note: you are responsible for the clearance & processing cost before prize will be released to you.
Note: All winnings must be claimed not later than 30days;
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Olivia Smith PhD
(Promotion coordinator)
Sultan of Brunei
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Navdeep Ashri (not verified)
to know about the winning amount that is it true or froud.
Mon, 2009/06/29 - 03:22FROM DESK OF PROMOTION {LOTTERY SHOP AWARD EMAIL LOTTERY LONDON}
YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON US$2,000,000.00(Two Million US Dollars) in the second category of our computer ballot email lottery with TICKET NO:******** and BATCH Nº.0********
This program takes place annually, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities Sultan of Brunei, Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc. with the support of European corporate companies and organizations to encourage the use of internet and computers worldwide.
No ticket was sold but it is to encourage the use of Internet and to claim your winning prize contact Please contact Barrister Mohammad Ahmed in Jakarta Indonesia for your claims with the following details below to enable the speedy evaluation and processing of your winning.
1. Name. 2. Home address. 3. Telephone number. 4. Age and occupation. 5.
Ticket number. 6. Batch number. 7. Indicate your won amount:
Barr. Mohammed Ahmed ESQ
Director International Payment Center
(Europe, America, Middle East, Asia and Africa)
MENARA ANSANA.. 12 JL INDAH RAYA.
JATI NEGARA 11248, JAKARTA INDONESIA
EMAIL: barrmohammed_ahmed02@hotmail.com
Tel: +62 858 132 62422
Note: you are responsible for the clearance & processing cost before prize will be released to you.
Note: All winnings must be claimed not later than 30days;
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Olivia Smith PhD
(Promotion coordinator
ahmad (not verified)
Am I winning in this lottory realy?
Wed, 2010/06/02 - 07:25Reacently I'v recieved an email which showed that i"m wining in the wall world lottory inn the united kingdom..I wonna know that am I realy wining or not?
butterfly (not verified)
I don't like such play
Sat, 2009/10/31 - 04:36I am a victim of these , but i want to let you that at first i wish its true because we don't have any such money and I hope yuo can help me...we suffer poverty here in Philippines you know!