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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: winneronline@tiscali.co.uk
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 11:41:11 +0100
Subject: YOU ARE OUR SECOND WINNER, CONGRATULATIONS !!!

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#993) of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday
29 Jun., 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
07-12-23-26-29-44 (bonus no.31 ),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category i.e match 6.You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,183,917 ( One
million,one hundred and eighty-three thousand, nine hundred and seventeen
pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from
a total cash prize of £2,367,834 { Two million, three hundred and sixty-seven
thousand, eight hundred and thirty-four pounds sterling} shared amongst
the (2) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6.
All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted
from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed
online. This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls
within our European booklet representative office in Europe.
In view of this, your £1,183,917 ( One million,one hundred and eighty-three
thousand, nine hundred and seventeen pounds sterling) would be released to
you by any of our payment offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is processed and
your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your
prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr John Walter
Email: john_walter0@lycos.com

You can go to our online result site to confirm the
value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program


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