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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: "JAMES KINGSLEY" <jameskingsley@ukgrandlottery.org>
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 10:43:48 -0800
Subject: Re:Winning Notification

THE UK GRAND LOTTERY ™ HEADQUATERS
1OO HIGH ROAD
B4 7PS
BIRMINGHAM
UNITED KINGDOM

2nd Of February 2005

Ref No: ILUK/9800/145700/04
Batch No: 57214/0013/1AL

RE: FINAL NOTIFICATION TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE MONEY OF ONE MILLION US DOLLARS

We are pleased to inform you of the results of the UK GRAND LOTTERY™
International sweepstakes promotion programme held on the 1st Of February
2005 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Your email address attached to ticket
number 566-114658 with serial number 760115-04 drew the lucky numbers
09-23-65-11-45, which consequently won the lottery in the second category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of $US 1,176,470 (One
million one hundred and seventy-six thousand four hundred and seventy US
Dollars only) in cash credited to the file with reference number
ILUK/9800/145700/04

This is from a total cash prize of $US 20,000,000 (Twenty million US
Dollars) shared amongst seventeen international winners in this category.
Congratulations!!!

Your prize money is now available for collection and has been deposited with
a financial security firm. Due to the mix up of some names and numbers, we
ask you to keep this award from the public until your claim have been
processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this
program by participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and North America as
part of our UK GRAND LOTTERY™ International sweepstakes promotions
programme, which we conduct once every year. .

To begin your lottery claim please contact your claims agent Peter
Wittington on Tel: +44 7774996597 or Fax: +44 207 060 1193 or alternatively
you can email him at peterwittington@ukgrandlottery.org for processing and
remittance of your prize money. REMEMBER ALL PRIZE MONEY MUST BE CLAIMED NOT
LATER THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE. After this date all
funds will be returned to the UK GRAND LOTTERY™ PROGRAMME as unclaimed and
will be recycled into the next years promotion programme.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every correspondence
with your agent or us. Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations
once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being a part of
our promotions program.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr James Kingsley
Vice President

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