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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.

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Fraud email example:

From: mrfc2@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:34:52 -0700
Subject: NATIONAL NOTICE!!

UK-STAKETRUST PROMOTION
HEADQUARTERS:
184 WESTINGFIELD DRIVE,S.W 4TH,
P.O.BOX 1010, LIVERPOOL.
UNITED KINGDOM.
Customer Service/ Foreign Claims Dept.

Ref: UK/9410R2/03
Batch: 12/28/DM32

NATIONAL NOTICE!!

We happily announce to you the draw (#938) of the UK Stake draw/Promotions
held at Westingfield drive Liverpool, Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: 36475600545-187UK with Serial number 9318/14 drew the lucky numbers:18-06-20-14-64-11-05
which subsequently won you the lottery in the second category. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $300.000.00.0 (Three Hundred
Thausand Dollars) in cash credited to file UKS/9023118308/03.This is from
the total cash prize of US$9,200,000.00 shared among the sixteen (16) lucky
winners in this category. All participants for the free online lotto version
were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system
of individual and corporate organisations extracted from over 250,000 email
addresses worldwide. This promotion takes place on a quarterly basis. Your
lucky winning numbers falls within our Canadian booklet representative office
in the United Kingdom as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this,
your (US$300.000.00) would be released to you by our payment office in UK.
To file for your claim, please contact the fiduciary agent.

Name: Dr Mike Peters
Email: drmp205@yahoo.it

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account
of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims agent within a week
of recieving this notice.
NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,remember to quote your
reference and batch Numbers provided below in every one of your correspondence
with your claims agent.

Ref: UK/9410R2/03
Batch: 12/28/DM32

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotional draws.

Sincerely,
Sir Francis Christopher
THE PROMO COORDINATOR
UK-STAKETRUST PROMOTIONS

___________________________________________________________

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