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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 Online Lottery" <winners2005@msn.com>
Reply-To: alley_mcdonaldukonline@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:43:37 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

UK Online Lottery
P O Box 4279
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UKON/5464K2/71
Batch: 012/05/DR432

22th June 2005
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#954) of the UK ONLINE
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on 11
June 2005 Your e-mail address attached to:

Ticket Number: 1356683522 352
Serial Number: 3422/05
Lucky Numbers: 11-34-21-35-12-56-12

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 great britain pounds) in cash
credited to file KTU/467557844/05.
This is from a total cash prize of 1,000,000,00 shared amongst the
first Three (3 )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
uions, 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 great britain pounds)
would be released to you by any of our affiliated couriers
company 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 claims agent:
MR.ALLEY MCDONALD
Email:alley_mcdonaldukonline@hotmail.com
Tel:+447031941539

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK ONLINE INTERNATIONAL
LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Online coordinator for UK ONLINE
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY.
Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days 8am-11pm.

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