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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: "Castle International Lottery" <notifications@castle-winnings.net>
Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 18:01:05 +0000
Subject: Notification

Castle International Lottery
The Marina Offices,
St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX
England
(Customer Services)
Tel : +447031943185
email:info@castle-winnings.net

Date:08 June 2005
Ref:CIL/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY30
WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (K954) of the UK NATIONAL ONLINE
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 1st of June 2005
.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number : 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew you the lucky numbers: 10-12-18-23-26-28-19(bonus
number.),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
(i.ematch 5 plus bonus.)

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £250,000(Two
Hundred and Fifty Thousand GBP) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £1,000,000,00 shared amongst the first
four (4) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus 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, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This
promotion takes place weekly.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet
representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of
this, your £250 000(Two hundred and Fifty thousand pounds sterling) would be
released to you by any of our security/courier desk.

Our 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 claim is processed and your 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 fiduciary agent:

Mr. Williams Beechy
Email:wbeechy@castle-winnings.net

Goodluck from all the members of staff of the CASTLE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,
ENGLAND,UK.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Richards Winsley,
Castle International Lottery
(online co-ordinator)

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