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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 (9 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "winner lottery" <ukonlinewinners@notificationonline.org>
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 03:24:49 +0000
Subject: YOU HAVE WON!!!

 

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010Liverpool,
L70 1NLUNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
 
   WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#985) of the
UKNATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International
program held on Wed,.of June 01, 2005.

 

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188
with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:03-11-17-19-20-41
(bonus no.06 ),which subsequently won you the lottery
in the 2nd category  i.e match 5 plus bonus.

 

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of   £36,195 ( Thirty six thousand one hundred and ninety five pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
 This is from a total cash prize of £760,095  {Seven hundred and sixty thousand ninety five pounds sterling} shared
amongst the (21) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

 

All participants for the online version were selectedrandomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

 

This promotion takes place weekly.
Please note that your lucky winning number fallswithin our European booklet representative office in Europe.

 

In view of this, your £36,195 ( Thirty six thousand one hundred and ninety five pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Europe.Our European agent will immediately commence
 theprocess to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

 

For security reasons, you are advised to keep yourwinning information confidential till your claims is processed andyour money 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.Please be warned.

 

To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent:
MR CLINTON WALTERS
Email: clinton_walters@yahoo.co.uk

 

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

 

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UKNATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator

Tel;+44 703 194 0188
for UK NATIONAL
LOTTERYSweepstakes International Program

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