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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: info_johnnysmith@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:16:16 +0200
Subject: Lottery Award Winning Notification.

OLD MUTUAL INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERIES AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAM
Ref. File No.: UKPF/6594808A75/05
Batch: OMUK/13/26/DC36/05
Serial No: UEFALP97585
Edition: April / May 2005

From The Desk of Mr. Johnny B. Smith.
(An Independent UEFA Lottery Draw & Financial Management Consultant)
UEFA 2004/2005 International Lottery Promotional Award
U.K. Office: Brooklyn Road,
Cambridge CB2 2DF,
London,UnitedKingdom.
Batch: (UK/UEFA/13/26/DC36)

SUB"WINNING NOTIFICATION"

Congratulations Dear Winner !

We wishes to use this medium to officially notify you on the final notification that your Name/Company has being selected among the 100 Star / Lucky Winners World wide for the UEFA 2004/2005 International Lottery Promotional Program Award held in Oprah House, Zurich in Switzerland on 17/12/2004 on the Second stage draw of the Uefa Final to be player on 25th May 2005 at Lisbon Portugal. You’re Name, Email address or Companies Name attached to the Ticket Number: (B9665 75608567 775) with! "SERIAL NUMBER” (UEFALP97585) drew the winning: (60/84/27/75/95), which subsequently on you the Lottery Award Winner in the 2nd category of this Lottery Program. All participants were selected randomly from the World Wide Web-Site & Email addresses through computer super draw system and extracted from over 100,000 (One Hundred Thousand) individual Emails, Companies and Corporate Organizations Names and Addresses as listed from their various country's Trade and Investment Journals in their Web-site from Africa, Middle East, Asia, Europe, New Zealand and Australia, North, South and central America to promote this Lottery Program Award.

You’re Name and Ref. File Number has therefore been approved to claim a Total Sum of Euro 2.000.000.00 (Two Million Euro) in cash credited to REF. File NO# (UKPF/6594808A75/05). This is from the total cash prize of Euro200.000.000.00 (Two Hundred Million Euro) shared among the first 100 (One Hundred) LUCKY WINNERS in the 2nd category worldwide in this Lottery Program. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Lottery Booklet Representative Office in London as indicate in the Play Coupon. In view of this, your Euro 2.000.000.00 (Two Million Euro) would be released to you by our accredited representative Bank Manager immediately he commences the processes to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

This Lottery Program took place to promote the UEFA 2004/2005 finals to be played in Portugal on the 25th May 2005. For Security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information CONFIDENTIAL till your claims are processed and your money remitted to you for being one of our lucky winners of this lottery prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. (Please be warned). To file for your claim, please contact one of our accredited/authorized Bank Managers immediately.

His contact information is as follows:

Name: Mr. Mahoney McClarke
Telephone: 0044-870-1346830 / Fax 0044-870-1346830
E-mail: mmcclarke@yahoo.co.uk

Please be informed that the entire winning prize must be claimed on or before 25th May 2005. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, kindly quote your Reference/Batch numbers in any correspondences with our designated agent or us. Thanks for being part of this International Lottery Promotional Program and for your anticipated co-operation.

Approved, Dispatched and Signed:


Yours Faithfully,


Mr. Johnny B. Smith
(London Zonal Coordinator.)

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