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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: "Uk Lottery" <winningnotification@uknationalonlinegame.org>
Reply-To: markponfa@netscape.net
Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 00:12:20 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION




The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: XYL /26510460037/05
Batch: 24/00319/IPD



WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#966) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday 26th
March,2005 .Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number:56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers: 05-21-23-28-40-48
(bonus ball no. 26), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category i.e match 5plusbonus.You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of £116,284 pound sterlings (One Hundred And Six teen
Thousand, Two Hundred And Eighty Four Pounds Sterlings) in cash credited to
file XYL /26510460037/05 .This is from a total cash prize of 1,744, 260
Pounds Sterlings
(One Million Seven Hundred and Fourty Four Thousand, Two Hundred And Sixty
Pounds Sterlings.)
shared amongst the (15) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5plus
bonus.All participants for the online version were selected randomly
from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted
from over 100,000 unions,associatons and corporate bodies that are listed
online.

This promotion takes place weekly.Please note that your
lucky winningnumber falls within our European booklet representative
office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this,
your £116,284 (One Hundred And Six teen Thousand, Two Hundred And Eighty
Four Pounds Sterlings) would be released to you by any of our
payment offices in Europe. Our European agent will immediately commence
the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact
him.For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning
information confidential till your claims is processed and your money
remitted
to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claimyour prize. This is part
of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted
abuse of this program. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

MR.MARK PONFA, Esq.
Email: agentponfa@netscape.net

SIR GEORGE HARRIS
Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International
Program
For
Verification;http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

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