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Lottery Scams - Reply from
the Scammers at:
Free Lotto - Swift Express Courier Company
"Mr John Cole", "Swift Express Courier Company"
If you replied to the Free Lotto - Swift Express Courier Company lottery / promo scam email you can
expect to receive another email like the one below from "Mr John Cole" at "Swift Express Courier Company"
telling you that that you must pay "hardcover insurance policy", "delivery
fees", "taxes", etc. Of course, that is all nonsense. Real lotteries are
prohibited by law in most countries from charging winners these fees. Some of
this is simply made up: there is no such thing as a "hardcover insurance policy"
- go ahead, search on that term in Google and see if you can find a single
definition. Similarly, the references to specific laws and regulations are
either completely made up, or taken completely out of context.
Just look at the websites: the courier company's website
www.swiftgroup.tk is an obviously fake
website:
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There is NO way to contact the company or order their
services
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They claim to be "one among the world's number 1 in ocean
freight and contract logistics", which is terrible grammar. And if they're
so big, why hasn't anyone heard of them?
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They have a photo of someone who they say is their
controller on their home oage. Have you EVER seen a company do that?
The other website
www.deliveryman.com exists only as a domain name, there is no website there!
The simple fact you must somehow grasp is no legitimate
lottery will ever email a winner, nor require a winner to pay any fees, taxes or
delivery charges. There are many other signs that this is a fraud. We have
highlighted some of these in the email below, not the least
of which are:
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NO LOTTERY ANYWHERE REQUIRES WINNERS TO PAY FEES,
TAXES OR OTHER CHARGES TO COLLECT THEIR WINNINGS!!! Can we say it any
more plainly than that?
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Pigeon English - Notice that as the scammer gets past
the initial template email and must write free-form, how his grammar,
spelling and basic sentence structure go straight in the toilet. The
scammers don't even know how to use spell checkers. After all, this is
a stupid, low-life criminal in the heart of Africa, who probably dropped out
of school at age 5 to join a gang or militia. Obviously, real lotteries also proofread their emails
and look and read more professional.
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Using free email account: The scammer is writing to
you from a FREE email account (Yahoo, Hotmail, Excite, AIM, Gmail, etc.). Don't you think a real organization
would use its own email, its own domain and website?
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Keep Confidential - Real lotteries THRIVE on
publicity - they don't want you to keep anything secret - the publicity
causes people to buy more tickets. there is NO risk of "double claiming"
because they can validate where the ticket numbers were sold. The scammer
want you to keep quiet because they don't want the police or
ConsumerFraudreporting to hear about them! It should read: "For our own security, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential until we have
finished scamming you!"
Here is a typical scam lottery winning notification.
Actual scam reply email (One example - the scammers constantly change
names, dates and addresses!):
Office
1 Oakwell Drive,Springhill Court
Victoria Island WR7 3LH,Lagos Nigeria
Email:
swift_couriercompany@deliveryman.com
Web Site: www.swiftgroup.tk
SWIFTEXPRESS COURIER COMPANY.
ATTN:
You actually have a package of $2.5 million Dollars in our custody to be
delivered to you with IDENTIFICATION NUMBER:{SECC/H67/B4} from the free
lotto organisation. you are adviced to confirm the delivery address where
you want the classified package to be delivered.
Package will be delivered within TWO days. Note that you are mandated as
the receiver to PAY for the delivery of the package before the delivery will
be made.
Also you are advise to fill below and send back to us:
1. Full Names:
2. Residential Address:
3. Phone Number:
4. Fax Number:
5. Occupation:
6.TICKET NUMBER:
7.SERIAL NUMBER:
8.BATCH NUMBER :
9. Nationality:
10. Present Country:
Sincerely,
Mr John Cole
www.swiftgroup.tk
Controller,
Swift Express Courier Company.
Copyright © 1994-2007 The Swift express Courier Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines
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