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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: "Mr. David Ferdinand" <nluk.winners_notify@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: fred_anthony@netexecutive.com
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 18:31:17 +0100
Subject: NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

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



NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the results of draw (#414) of the NATIONAL LOTTERY
UK online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday, Jan. 29 2005.
This special lottery program was conducted to celebrate our 10th anniversary
and is sponsored by the National Lottery UK in conjunction with the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation.


Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 13-18-21-25-33-01 which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 6th category i.e Thunderball Jackpot. You have
therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 250,000 (Two hundred and
fifty thousand pounds) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly through a
computer draw system, from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate
bodies which are all listed online under a dedicated email database managed
by the Microsoft Corporation.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our worldwide list
booklet. In view of this, your 250,000(Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds)
would be released to you by any of our payment offices around the world.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent who will give
you the claim form for you to fill:

Mr. Fred Anthony
Golden Diplomatic Security, UK.
Email: fred_anthony@netexecutive.com

Fill and return your claim form as soon as you receive it to facilitate processing
and remittance of your prize. That way your winning certificate and all other
relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required
to show a form of identification when cashing your cheque i.e. drivers license
or international passport. Note, all prize awards must be claimed not later
than 15 days, thereafter, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL! CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS
PROVIDED ABOVE IMMEDIATELY!

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential
till your claim is processed and your winnings are 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 unwarranted abuse of this program. Be
warned.

You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your winnings
and also get a prize breakdown:-
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

Please note that after recieving your winnings, you will swear an affidavit
in our office in the UK and you will given be an opportunity to invest part
of your Prize award in 3 businesses in the UK for government revenue. Please
note that this lottery program is supported and sponsored by the government
of the UK and major software companies around the world, and is meant for
worldwide email subscibers.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of yourcorrespondences
with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your email address,
inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

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

Sincerely,
Mr. David Ferdinand.
Online Coordinator
NATIONAL LOTTERY UK
Sweepstakes International Program.


This message is the property of The National Lottery UK or its affiliates.
It may be legally privileged and/or confidential and is intended only for
the use of the addressee(s). No addressee should forward, print, copy, or
otherwise reproduce this message in any manner that would allow it to be
viewed by any individual not originally listed as a recipient. If the reader
of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that
any unauthorized disclosure, dissemination, distribution, copying or the
taking of any action in reliance on the information herein is strictly prohibited.
If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify
the sender and delete this message.

___________________________________________________________

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