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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: "National Lottery Promo ." <uknationallotteryresults@webpim.at>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 00:08:44 GMT
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION

NOTIFICATION DESK
2,Monck Street,
London,
SW1P 2BQ,
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)

FILE NO: KPC/9080118308/02
TICKET NO: 56475600545188
BATCH NUMBER:UKNL/08178/05


UKNL NOTIFICATION DESK


We happily announce to you the draw of the U.K National Lottery
International programs held on the 11th March 2005 in Croydon London. Your
e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial number
5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 14-18-29-33-37-39, which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of £725,000 british pounds in cash credited to file and
batch numbers KPC/9080118308/02,UKNL/08178/05.This is from a total cash
prize of £15,064,894(GBP) shared amongst the first ten (10) lucky winners
in this category. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within
our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our
play coupon. In view of this, your £725,000 british pounds would be
released to you by our preferred payment center in London.Our agent will
immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as
soon as you contact him. All participants were selected randomly from World
Wide Website through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000
companies.This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you
are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims
are processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem
fit to claim your prize. This is a 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 our fiduciary agent with the below
details for processing of your claims.

AGENT:
Mr Tony Smith
tony_smith@uknationallotteryresults.com
U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY

NKL Direct developed a mathematical system that improves our players&#8217;
chances of winning one of the richest, tax free, lump sum lotteries in the
world - The UK National Lotto, which has had a jackpot prize as high as
£42,000,000 GBP (65,000,000 EUR).NKL&#8217;s e-Lottery system is already
working for thousands of members across the globe.Our results so far how
2474 syndicate wins and 121226 individual winnings payouts from just 229
Lotto draws. Whether you have or never played a lottery before, or you are
a lottery expert, we have a system that is Simple -Convenient-Affordable -
and Fun! You have A Big Advantage.Playing by yourself with a single entry,
your odds of winning the jackpot are 1 in 14 million. The good news is,
playing the e-Lottery system dramatically increases your chances of
scooping the jackpot by 86% and you also have a 1 in 13 chance of winning
any prize.You only need 5 main numbers to WIN the JACKPOT, when everybody
else needs 6 main numbers.This is a huge advantage!! To avoid unnecessary
delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any
correspondences with us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more
from all members and staffs of this program. Thank you for being part of
our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,

Sir Harrison Hayford
Zonal Co-ordinator
www.national-lottery.com

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