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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: "keith white" <ukworldlottery001@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:33:26 -0700
Subject: AWARD WINNER

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Support Centre
Bevan House
51 Bevan Avenue
Conwy LL28 5AF
United Kingdom

FROM:THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,

REF: UNL/26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam

RE:AWARD WINNER

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,09th DECEMBER
2005, of winners of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,THE UNITED KINGDOM INTERNATIONAL
PROGRAMS held on 05th DECEMBER 2005 in Croydon,London.Your email address
was attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11
drew the lucky numbers 02-08-11-12-22-26,bonus number 15. and consequently
won you the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved
for a lump sum pay of £725,000.00 british pounds in cash credited to file
REF
NO. UNL/26510460037/02 .This is from total prize money of
£7,250,000.00(GBP) shared among the ten international winners in this
category.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through
computerdraw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies from
Australia,New Zealand,America,Europe,North America,Africa and Asia as
part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In
view of this, your £725,000.00 british pounds would be released to you by
our
preferred payment center in London.

Our 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 by some unscrupulous
elements.Please be warned. This is part of our security protocol to avoid
double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

To file for your claim, please contact our claims officer;

Agent : Lewis brown
Email :claimofficer_lottery_uk2005@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: +447031849289
Fax: +447005802854


UK NATIONAL LOTTERY For due processing and remittance of your prize
money,please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in
every one of your correspondences with your agent. Remember, all prize money
must
be claimed not later than 30th DECEMBER 2005. After this date, all funds
will be returned as unclaimed. Furthermore, should there be any change of
your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

keith White
Zonal Co-ordinator
www.national-lottery.com











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Confidentiality Notice: The information in this e-mail is confidential
and may also be the subject of legal privilege.It is intended solely for
the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify me
immediately. You are hereby placed on notice that any copying,
publication or any other form of dissemination of this e-mail or its
contents is prohibited.This footnote also confirms that this email
message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
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