Internet Lottery Scam

For several months there has been a scam going around where you receive an email from a person claiming to be with First Capital Funding Corporation.  Many of you identified the email properly for what it is/was; a Scam!...It is known as the "419 Scam".  You can read more about it here: http://www.joewein.net/419/419faq.htm To follow is the typical letter so if you are doing your research about who sent the letter and find our website, you can see that it is definitely a scam.

Here are the actual emails:

----- Original Message -----
From: FIRST CAPITAL FUNDING CORPORATION <firstfunding@financier.com>
To: XXXXX (NAME REMOVED FOR PRIVACY PURPOSES)
Subject: We pay the charges for Jane Doe

Amount Won: 400,000USD

Charges to be paid by the First Capital Funding Corporation below:

i. Bank transfer fee -
ii. Tax -
iii. Other legal fees for documents, consultant fee.

Estimated Total (charges) = 10,700USD

First Capital Funding Corporation pays the estimated fee to you via a cashier's cheque, your bank account, credit card etc. to be used for the estimated fee tagged to your winning before the transfer of your winning of 360,000USD after deducting 10% for Company's dividend.

We pay you 360,000USD.

THIS WILL BE PART OF OUR AGREEMENT:
We hope to pay you (360,000USD) in three bits with first bit not below 150,000USD to your preferred bank account worldwide or which ever way you want your winning paid.

Answer these questions below so that we can arrange mode of funding (all required)

Do you have an existing home equity line of credit or personal/business line of credit account with any US Banks?
yes( ) No ( )

Do you have a conventional credit card that can take up to 5,000USD?
yes( ) No ( )

Do you have a Bank Of America account?
yes( ) No ( )

Do you own a company/business(occupation) and where do you own it?
yes( ) No ( )

How is your own secured way to get your claim to you. By check, bank wire transfer etc. (not more than 450 characters)?

Do you agree with our Terms of services & Conditions of business that the cash we fund you with is strictly for the fees tagged to your winning?
yes( ) No ( )

On your reply further transaction will commence

Date issued: 4th October, 2007

Dean Marcus
Finance Agent,
First Capital Funding Corporation.
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Attention Jane Doe, (Name replaced for privacy purposes)

This email is to inform you on security measures for a befiting transaction and our current mode of funding you which is a cheque method. We send a cheque to your residence, for the estimated fees tagged to your winning amounting more or less than 10,700USD. This method of funding you is an alternate to providing your bank account of credit card. All you have to do is:

1. In what name should the cheque for the charges be issued?

2. Reconfirm residencial address?

3. Provide your cell phone number?

4. We have also decided to issue a static reference no. FC/ID/01/55947 which will be included in every email sent to you from the company, you are required to ignore any mail without the above ref no. so please keep your ref no. secured.

NOTE CONDITION OF BUSINESS: That the cheque of 10,700USD (more or less than 10,700USD) to be sent to you is strictly for financing your winning. Details of our representative who to pay the cash to for charges will reach you as soon as the cash (more or less than 10,700USD) cheque is sent to your residencial address. He will assist you in transferring your winning to your preferred bank account.

We expect your reply stating your confirmation of your ref no. FC/ID/01/55947, cell phone number, residencial address and agreement that the cheque will be used strictly for financing your winning as this will commence further transaction.

Dean Marcus
Finance Agent,
First Capital Funding Corporation.

----- Original Message -----
From: FIRST CAPITAL FUNDING CORPORATION <firstfunding@financier.com>
To: XXXXX (NAME REMOVED FOR PRIVACY PURPOSES)
Subject: Our duty as your financier

How are you?

Your incomplete information reached us from the Powerball Lottery Board.

Nevertheless, our duty is to fund you with cash for the bills (tax, bank transfer fees etc.) involved in getting your winning and get 10% in return from your winning. The company's terms of service and business conditions on fund aiding (lottery claims) will reach you shortly for a better understanding.

While our duty remains intact, we are also liable for transferring your winnings to your preferred bank account or whichever way you want it remitted to you.

Congratulations on behalf of the company.

Dean Marcus
Finance Agent,
First Capital Funding Corporation.

 
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Note that the email address is "financier.com" which is another domain name that they have illegally portrait yet they claim to be First Capital Funding Corporation.  "Dean Marcus" is not an employee and has never been an employee or anyone associated with our company.

If you see this email in your mailbox, forward it to the FBI or stay away from it.  They want to take your money.