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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (5 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Willford Smith" <tkrust@ukstake.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:20:14 +0000
Subject: Stake Dept.

UK-STAKE TRUST PROMOTION HEADQUARTERS: 184 WESTINGFIELD DRIVE, S.W 4TH, P.O.BOX 1010, LIVERPOOL. UNITED KINGDOM.            Customer Service/ Foreign Claims Dept. Ref: UK/9410R2/03 Batch: 12/28/DM32 NATIONAL NOTICE!! We happily announce to you the draw (#938) of the UK Stake draw/Promotions held at Westingfield drive Liverpool UK, Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 36475600545-187UK with Serial number 9318/14 drew the lucky numbers:18-06-20-14-64-11-05 which subsequently won you the lottery in  the second category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of $300.000.00.0 (Three Hundred Thousand Dollars) in cash credited to file UKS/9023118308/03.This is from the total cash prize of US$9,200,000.00 shared among the sixteen (16) lucky winners in this category. All participants for the free online lotto version were selected randomly from (www.freelotto.com)  World Wide Web through a computer draw system of individual and corporate organizations extracted from over 250,000 email addresses worldwide. This promotion takes place on a quarterly basis. Your lucky winning numbers falls within our Canadian booklet representative office in the United Kingdom as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your (US$300.000.00) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. To file for your claim, please contact the fiduciary agent on our secure online. Name: Dr.Frank peter Email: frank_peters40@excite.com For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims agent within a week of receiving this notice. NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in every one of your correspondence with your claims agent. Ref: UK/9410R2/03 Batch: 12/28/DM32 Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being partof our promotional draw. Sincerely, Wilford Smith THE PROMO COORDINATOR UK-STAKE TRUST PROMOTIONS

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