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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: nationallottery_winners@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 01:54:23 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?WINNING=20NOTIFICATION=21=21=21=21=21=21?=

LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
NATIONAL LOTTERY
SOUTH PARK BUSINESS CENTRE
310 GREEN LANE, ILFORD,
IG1 1XT, ESSEX.
UNITED KINGDOM.
(Customer Services)
PHONE: +44-704-011-3686
FAX : +44-870-135-1624
WEBSITE:(www.national-lottery.co.uk).
Your Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Your Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Serial number: 5368/02
lucky numbers: 04-05-31-33-38-42
file number: KTU/9023118308/03

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#890) of the NATIONAL LOTTERY UK,

online promotional Sweepstakes International program held on SATURDAY
8TH OF JANUARY,2005 Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number
5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 05-15-23-30-34-42(bonus no.14), which
subsequently won
you the lottery in this category i.e match 5 plus bonus.You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000.00 (one million

Great britain pounds sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £27,000,000.00 shared
amongst the
twenty seven(27) lucky winnersin this category i.e Match 5 plus! bonus.

All participants for the promotional online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and co-orporate bodies
that
are listed online. 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 award
coupon. In view of this, your £1,000,000 (one million Great britain pounds

sterling)is now deposited with MAXIMUM TRUST INT SECURITY AND FINANCE BV

insured in your name and would be released to you by any of our payment

offices in Europe.
Our European 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 un-warranted
abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your claim and begin

the processing of your wining, please contact our fiduciary agent, Mr
Smith Gary on(contactgary_smith@katamail.com) not later than 20TH
February 2005.

Sincerely,
Frank Riley,
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
NATIONAL LOTTERY UK.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact
your
claims agent.(TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY).










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