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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (4 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Phillips Barker" <l_onlinesweepstakes@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:05:24 +0000
Subject: NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATIONS CONGRATULATIONS!

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Support Center,Bevan House,51 Bevan Avenue
ConwyLL28 5AF,United Kingdom

REF: UKNL/26510460037/04
BATCH:24/00319/IPD
TICKET NUMBER:023-0148-790-459
LUCKY NUMBERS:09-11-21-39-40-46-35
E-mail: ll_onlinesweepstakes@yahoo.co.uk

ATTENTION:

RE: LOTTERY RESULT

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of winners of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY, THE UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS held in Croydon,London.

You email address was attached to ticket number023-0148-790-459, with
serial number 5063-11 which drew lucky numbers09-11-21-39-40-46-35, and
consequently you won the lottery in the 2ndcategory star prize. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sumpay out Of $3,000,000.00(Three
million united states dollars) creditedto file REF NO.
UKNL/26510460037/04. This is from total prize money Of$30,000,000.00
shared among the ten International winners in thissecond category star
prize.
All participants were selected randomlyfrom World Wide Websites through
computer drawn system and extractedfrom over 100,000 companies as part
of International Promotions Programby using a hi-tech advanced email
address generator software with99.99% efficiency, which is conducted
annually. your lucky winningnumber falls within our UK representative
office in London, in view ofthis, your $3,000,000.00 united states
dollars would be released to youby our preferred payment center in
London. Our fiducial/claims agentwill immediately commence the process

to facilitate the release ofyour funds as soon as you contact him. For
security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claimsis processed and your money remitted to
you.

For due processingof your prize Money, please remember to
quote your Reference, batch and ticket numbers in every one of your
Correspondences with youragent.

Furthermore, should there be any Change of your email address,do inform
your fiducial/claims agent as soon aspossible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you forbeing part of
our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

Mr Phillips Barker
Zonal- Co-ordinator

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