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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: greene_ferr@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:31:45 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=2A=2A=2A=2A=2A=2A=2ACONGRATULATION=2A=2A=2A=2A=2A=2A=2A=20?=

CATEGORY C WINNER WINNING NOTICE!
KP657498900DL
It is our pleasure to inform you that you have emerged
as a Category "C" winner of the UK National
Lotto. CONGRATULATIONS! You are entitled to a
prize sum of US$2,500,000.00. Reference number for
your prize is KP657498900DL; ticket number B/25_6654.
As a category C winner, you have been selected from a
total number of 25,000 names and emails, drawn from Asia,
Africa,Europe,
Middle East and America. After the computer
ballot of our International Promotions Program, only
six winners emerged in the category and therefore both
are to receive payouts of US$2,500,000.00 from the
total US$15,000,000.00 for second category winners.
To immediately collect your prize, please contact our
Category " C" financial handlers with information
below:
Edward Stephen
Crown Agents Financial Services Limited
St Nicholas House
St Nicholas Road
Sutton
Surrey
SM1 1EL
Email:winlotto_today@excite.com
phone: +447040116476
prize reference number-KP657498900DL and
winning ticket numberB/25_6654 for confirmation. In
your best interests, you must initiate contact within
one week of receipt of this correspondence. Trust
Finance and security Limited u.k, will handle all
matters with regards to claiming your prize. You are also advised to send
a copy of this mail, by email, to your financial handler Mr Edawrd Stephen,
when contacting him, You are to keep all lottery information from the public
as we
will not entertain cases of multiple claims processing or compromise the
privacy and security for all winners. Other necessary UK Natinal Lotto
information are:
Draw 1 number: 01-12417
Draw 2 number: 02-79762
International Lottery code no: IL556487
You may be required to provide any of the above
information during the process of collecting your prize. We
congratulate you once again and it is our hope that you participate in any
of our international programs in the nearest future. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Edward Stephen.
Promotions Manager
UK National Lotto.





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