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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: national_lotto@tiscali.it
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:04:58 -0700
Subject: Congratulations..

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF: UK/99878765434/04
BATCH: 76/90/UK

TO: BONAFIDE WINNERS

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION - FINAL NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 9TH SEPTEMBER
2004,of winners of the NATIONAL LOTTERY UK, held on 30th AUGUST, 2004.

Your company/name is attached to ticket number 0234-80332-10518-459 with
serial number 5073-11 drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently
won the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of
US$5,500,000.00 in cash credited to file REF: UK/99878765434/04. This
is from total prize money of US$100,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen
international winners in this category. All participants were selected
through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from Australia,
New Zealand, America, Europe, North America, Middle East and Asia and Africa
as part of International Promotions Program which is conducted annually
here in the Uk. CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

Your fund is now deposited with an Apex Bank in UK insured in your
name.Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep
this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed
and your money remitted to your account, this is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize you will participate in our end of
year high stakes US$1.3 billion international lottery?

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent, Mrs. Dorothy
Greenald by email at : dorothy_g@tiscali.co.uk , for due processing and
remittance of your prize money to a designated bank account of your choice.

Remember, all prize money must be claimed within 2 weeks after receipt
of this final notice. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed to the British Government.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your Reference and Batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent.Furthermore, should there be any change
of your address, do inform your claim agent as soon as possible.


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

Sincerely,

MR. ALLAN DANNY BROWN.

Promotions Director

NATIONAL LOTTERY UK.



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