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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: "British International Lottery Corporation" <financedispatch_unit@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:15:20 -0700
Subject:

atten:
British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
13/O5/2005
BATCH NUMBER: BILC/17/213-B
REFERENCE NUMBER: BILC/311ONI/06
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the British Lottery Corporation programs
programs held on the 26th of August 2005 in London.Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial number 886/04 drew the lucky numbers: 01-6-2-13-35-17,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of
GBPUS$356,000.00( Three Hundred and Fifty Six Thousand United State Dollars) in cash credited to file PC/9080115322/44.
This is from a total cash prize of 125 million pounds sterlings
This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery
The estimated 125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history.
The biggest was the 363 million pounds sterlings jackpot that went to two
winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in
Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your
US$356,000.00 (Three Hundred and Fifty Six United State Dollars) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in UK.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 200,000 companies.
This promotion takes place annually.To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent with the below details for processing of your claims.
AGENT: Mr Milton Scultz
EMAIL: financedispatch_unit@yahoo.co.uk
PHONE: +447967956597
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and
staffs of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Mrs Veronica Meyhoff
Zonal Coordinator

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