'advance fee' scams
scam email extracts
If you have been targeted by an
'advance fee' scam, feel free to submit copies
of emails and 'official' winning certificates
and other documents received
Scammers will go to great lengths to reassure potential victims that they are genuine - but they often lose their patience if the required fees are not forthcoming... here's a selection of extracts from scam emails:
(assurances are in black... loss of patience shown in blue!)
THAT EVERY WINNER OF THE JAPAN EMAIL HAS TO GO THROUGH A LEGAL CLERIFICATION TO LEAD AND FIGHT THE CAMPAGN RISSING AGAINST FRAUD IN THE WORLD BECAUSE WE ARE MADE TO KNOE THAT SOME SCAMMERS DO USE OUR ADDRESS AND LOGOS TO RIP PEOPLE OFF THEIR HARD EARN MONEY .
Klims Stella Harrod, Japan Email Lottery
Please kindly write to me what is really wrong, why you have not making the payment, i am promising you that as soon as this payment is made today to our accountant your package will leave our custody tommorrow, so try as much as possible to make the payment so that at the end of every thing we shall all give a smiling face.
Larry Moore, Honda Car Lottery
This is the necessary process, and you are to urgently meet their requirements as Mr. David Flatcer travels all around the world with a mobile delivery man to deliver packages to winners and you are also included provided you provide the requirements for him to come to Deliver your parcel package to your address given...
William Wilcox, Xanga Web Publishers & British Lottery / UK Web Lotto Corporation
I will advise you like your fellow winners to look for the money by all means even if it takes you to borrow from your friends to take a loan from the Bank because once you send the money for the scratch card the Bank will commence immediate transfer to your operative account in USA and it will be indicated in 24hrs time. So by then you can now pay all your Owings. Because I expected you to do is to think of how you are to invest your 4 Million Pounds which is approximately $7.5 Million USD and not thinking of just $1,880 USD because you will agree with me that $1,880 USD is fair to claim $7.5 Million USD...
Williams Wilcox, Free Award Lottery
I am taking the bull by the horn to see that everything works so fast to enable us beat the deadline of payment closure...
Rev Dr Aminu Osei, Leeds Lotto
It is quite a shame that even in this twenty-first century, you are so dull not to know the difference between a registered company and a non-registered. if it might interest you to know, ukxangaweb lotto promo company is a recognised and a registered company with the british government and as such we cannot, i repeat cannot be fraudulent in anyway. So, if you are not ready to get the courier company contacted, you can write a letter of withdrawal...
Mr David Gilbert, UK Xanga Web Lotto Promo
...after four days of collection of cheque the company will arrange for ceremony party with the british embassy in your country who will carry out the action, i want to advise you that this is all about believing and effectiveness in what do to, but to think wisely and claim your cheque as possible...
Mr William Wilcox, UK Web Lotto Corporation
  ....it is good to make hail why the sunshines.because i know i will benefit from you when the fund will be paid to you...
Fr Raymond Wright, trustee to the Will of the late Dr Papa Ishwards Hotchand Mahtani
I want you to know that you are deal with a ligitimate company and its been approved by the Irish Governing body and her majesty Queen Elizabeth II is aware of our operations...
Steve Howard, Delivery Officer, Swift Courier Ltd (Irish National Lottery)
Payouts to all winners are guaranteed and will be transferred in record time...

Your scepticism is understandable and not without merit. However, we will not be party to a situation like you suggested and quite frankly, I take exception to what you are implying. Your cheque is insured to it's real value ($470.000.00) after tax deductions and will be sent to you once you have met the stipulated conditions.
Mr John van Pim, DPU Information Officer, Powerball Lotto
...I will feel no guilt if you final forfeit your winnings of 350,000 Euros... so it is now left for you to decide if you want to claim your winnings or not... I still dont blame you for all feeling reluntant about the sending of the shippment funds, because alot of innocent victim have been scamed/frauded using the names of lottery companies, but it think my explanations and send you your certificate should have removed all worries form your mind by now... because you are about to be 350,000 Euros richer immediately you send the shippment funds... I am now giving you 100% personal and officail assurance that our winnings will be deliverd immediately you make the payment.then you will thank me a great deal for make things to work out for you...i will liek you to update me if you are still claiming your winnings or not, so that i can put it on the forteitment list if you dont want the winnings...

Mrs Griffins is the online co-ordinator for this category of programme and it should not be surprising to you with you awarness so far that fraudulent people uses her HUMBLE name to try to scam/fraud innocent people.and reports trip to us day in day out of people defrauded using our name and other lotto company names... the problem we are now facing is that many lucky winner like you find it hard to beleive us when they eventualiy become winner, thereby forfeiting the winnings, i hope your case will not be the same here... I will like you to have a rethink if you want to loss or forfeit this 350,000 Euros just like that, because lottery is not what you win everyday for the 350,000 Euros will do a lot in your life and the life of your generations yet unborn fot this is the aim of the lottery programme. we the staff of this company even envy you winner for having such an oppurnunity because we can not take part in such programme for our email addresses and that of our family are excluded from the random selection of the emails...
 Donnell Duncan, Irish Lottery
Don't you understand, I said Mr Adeoti said he went to western union fives times and all they tell him is that no money was sent. I am feed up with all this, go to western union and find out the problem, and also ask them what is making Mr Adeoti not able to pick up the money, I am sick and tired of all this. okay, we are expecting you...
'Mr Bob' aka Bob White, Richard Brough Family Organisation Lottery
I like to reassure you of the legitimacy of the Royal Delivery Service... Do be assured that your parcel is insured under Highly Sensitive Package (HSP) for international delivery... As you know your winnings could do a lot for you and your family and also have funds to upset order bills. If only we as company staffs were allowed to partake in the lottery e-games who knows I could be a lucky winner because I really would make good use of my winnings...
Mr Kelly James, DPU Officer, Powerball Lotto
Please be informed that we are not unaware of internet frauds that are prevalent around the world presently. the name of our organisation has been used in the past by thes con artists some of whom we have duly prosecuted in the court of law. According to united kingdom, the london laws, this offence is subject to as much as 6 years in a federal penitentary if found to be truly involved in this manner of fraud. Furthermore, london has reciprocating laws that may allow us to find any person who is involved in this type of fraud in whatever country of origin and prosecute them and their associates or firms...
Richard Lewis, Gold Cash Lottery
.... we not involved in any fraudulent act and will never be. I will advise as the director of operations to be stedfast and calm not to enable you loose this great opportunity which millions of people are tryin to entangled but the chances just could'nt come. because a lot are out there to discourage you as they don't know how it works, and have never seen such before. all you need do is just complete the excercise, wait till the money is remmitted to your account before you can blown your trumpet and people will now believe you. ...
i believe our instructions should be adhered to.because in my previous mail i said i deviated from the ethics of our profession by sending my passport which has never be done, but youe case was exceptional... i want this noted to you that i am not in for chat or repeating myself over and over again on same issue, there a-lots of work on my desk and moreover my attension is being needed on who it deemed important...

I am not impressed the way you are handling this, by contradicting yourself and complicating matters for us. why can't you just listen to simple instructions on a plain english and adhered to instruction just the way you were being instructed to go about it...

We don't encourage or entertain any exchange of money, ours is to serve according to the limitations of the law and not getting ourselves involved in shady deals that is contrary to the ethics of this noble profession...

I am not in for questions and answers i believe i have told you what you need to know and how to go about it, so you can't tell me what to do, you rather listen to me if preferably interested in your winnings. please do not push me to the exreme deviating from the ethics of this noble profession...
Dr Enrico James, Director of Foreign Payments, Transworld Security & Finance
I am in receipt of your mail and I would [not?] blame you for your skeptism considering the high level of internet scams these days, you are our winner, you have nothing to worry about, you should count yourself very lucky, I for one have never one anything all my life. The feeling must be exciting...

Our winners have alway been given an option to process or forfeit winnings.I am truly sorry about your feelings right now but you must understand this is no illegitimate operation. I am truly sorry about this, you probably want to withdraw from procedures...
Catty Miller, Lottery Manager, Barnby Worldwide Business Information
I am greatly disappointed that you are being fed with rubbish and you actually beleive! How can you call us scammers? This is a promotion which we have been appointed as agents for and you say we are trying to scam you? You can please opt for forfeiture by simply indicating in your next email as we would not be held liable for any legal actions taken in the future. Wishing you the best in your resolve...
Steven Furtado, Prize Transfer Agent, Barnby Worldwide Business Information