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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: "Charles Mcclean" <winninglist@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 08:50:14 +0100
Subject: WINNING NITIFICATION

Batch No: WD18/0065/04RN
Your Ref: UKNL/255457004/04
Our Ref: UK-NL/0627/04


Dear Friend,

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION We are
pleased to notify you of the release today as dated of the "UK's
National Lottery International Promotions programme held on the 16th of
July 2005.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand,
Middle-East, Africa, and North & South America as part of our
international promotions programme conducted annually to encourage
prospective overseas entries. We hope with part of your prize awards,
you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots.

The result of our computer draw 844 of this day selected your names and
email address attached to Ticket Number 034-22478556 with serial number
129 drew the lucky number 16-25-27-32-35-43-42 which consequently won
the lottery grand prize awards in the 2nd category.

Therefore, you have been approved a lottory jackpot lump sum prize
awards winning of #3,950,280.00 (Three Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty
Thousand, Two Hundred and Eighty Pounds Sterling Only) in cash prize
credited to file Ref. No: UKNL/255457004/04. This is from the total
prize of #18,486,220. 00 (Eighteen Million, Two Hundred and Eighty Six
Thousand, Two Hundred and Twenty Pounds Sterlings) shared among the
Thirty Eight overseas lucky winners in this category as part of our
promotional programme for this year 2004. This is your opportunity!

Your prize awards has been insured in your names and ready for claim. To
begin your claims therefore, you are advised on final notice and as a
matter of urgency, to contact our licensed and accredited claim agent
for Overseas Lottery Winners for the processing of your prize awards
winning and payment to your designated bank account after all statutory
obligations have been concluded satisfactorily. Contact thus: Financial
Director, METROPOLITAN FINANCE AND SECURITIES U.K LTD A reputable
finance firm in the U.K Due to mixed up in some numbers and names and
for the purpose of confidentiality, be advised to keep this award
notification as secret from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your prize money remitted to your designated bank account
as this is part of precautionary measures to avoid double claim or
misuse of this program by some social miscreants.

Hence, your prize awards winning is confidential as our winners are at
liberty to remain completely anonymous until payment is effected to the
benefit of the beneficiary. Our staffs are sworn to secrecy, so you will
be the only one to know what you've won hence, this notification via
this medium (EMAIL) to avoid interception of official letters.

On a final note, you are advised to begin your claim immediately hence,
all prizes awards must be claimed and disbursed within 20days of this
notification as elapse of the scheduled "End of Claim" date will
authorized funds withholding for redirection as abandoned/ unclaimed
without notice.

Note: To enhance the processing of your claim by our accredited claim
agent, you are advised to officially introduce yourself to the claim
agent and also provide them with your valid means of your personal
identification with a copy of this awards notification for references.

CONGRATULATIONS !!!
please contact your claims agent immediately to begin your claims
process;
MR SMITH STANFORD
FINANCIAL DIRECTOR METROPOLITAN FINANCE AND
SECURITIES U.K LTD
EMAIL ADDRESS:stansmith123@gmail.com
Phone +447031946269
Fax +448701334175

At your disposal, we remain.

Very Truly Yours,

Mr. Charles Louis Mcclean
Director.
International Promotions Unit,
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
Units 2A&2B,
Olympic Way,
Sefton Business Park,
Aintree Liverpool,
L30 1RD.

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