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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: uklotterywins@tiscali.it
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 23:46:22 +0100
Subject: LOTTERY WINNER***CHRISTMAS BONUS***

The U.K National Lottery
The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59


WINNING NOTIFICATION(***CHRISTMAS BONUS***):
We happily announce to you the draw (#933) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International Program held on SATURDAY4TH DECEMBER
2004.
Your e-mail address gave you this lucky numbers: 07-18-27-31-36-49 BONUS
(43) which made you a possible Christmas season winner and subsequently
won you one of the five Jackpot prizes this . You have therefore been approved
to claim a total sum of SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND NINTY-ONE
POUNDS STERLING ONLY ( £63,391) in cash credited
to
file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of EIGHT HUNDRED
AND EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR POUNDS
STERLING ONLY( £887,474), shared amongst the FOURTEEN (14) lucky winners
in this category.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies email addresses
thatare listed online.Thatis where your email-address was gotten from
and
made you a possible winner. This promotion takes place weekly.Please
note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your playcoupon.In view

of
this, your £63,391 would be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Europe.
To avoid unnecessary delays andcomplications,please quote your
reference/batchnumbers in any correspondences with us or our designated

agent.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Mr. Sherman Brown
Email: uk_lotterywins2004@yahoo.co.uk
uk_nationalottery@winning.com

NOTE:
That way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to
show an instrument of identification when cashing your cheque i.e.
Drivers
licenseor International passport.
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.
Congratulation from me and members of staff of the U.K NATIONAL
LOTTERY and happy christmas in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Sir JONES DUTCHER.
Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes
InternationalProgram


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