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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: notifyingwinnerlotto@terra.com.mx
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:02:14 +0200
Subject: WINNERS NOTIFICATION

The U.K. National Lottery
P.O BOX 1010 Liverpool
L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59

WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the results of draw (#433) of
the NATIONAL LOTTERY UK online Sweepstakes International program held
on wednesday, April. 06 2005.

This special lottery program is 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: 56475600545188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 01-07-16-18-19-12
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 :fredanthony@letterboxes.org

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 collecting 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 claims 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:-

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 be given 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.

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