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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: "Eddy Obaseki" <edobaseki@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: edobaseki2010@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 01:22:04 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION


THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
P.O.BOX.1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#994) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on thursday 7th
july, 2005 Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:08,25,33,35,38,40and bonus ball 07, 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
£147,516{one hundred and fourty seven thousand five hundred and sixteen

Great Britain pounds sterlings) in cash credited to
file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
£1,770,192 {one million seven hundred and seventy seven thousand one

hundred and ninety two Great Britain pounds sterlings}
shared amongst the {12} 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£147,516{one hundred and fourty seven thousand

five hundred and sixteen Great Britain 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 her.
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 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:MRS MELLISSA BRADLEY
Email: malcolmx_bradley@yahoo.com

You can go to our online result site to confirm the
value 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 UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
WILLIAM.K.MCCARTNEY
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
{Tel:+447031940188}

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