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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: "sussan white" <promotionsmanager@hotmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: agent_uklottery@sify.com OR claims_uklottery@hotmail.co.uk
Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:39:31 +0200
Subject:

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
U.K. LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL,
UNITED KINGDOM


REF NO: CLI/2590X1/05
BATCH NO: 42/25/2204

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,
WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of winners of the U.K LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
Your email address was attached to Ticket Number 564 75600545-188, with
serial number 5388/05 drew with lucky Numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and
consequently you Won the lottery in the 3th category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay Of
$1,000,000.00(One million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file REF NO: BTL/4910X1/05.

This is from total Prize money Of $10,000,000.00 shared among the ten
International winners in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Website through
computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies as part of
International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually. 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
$1,000,000.00 United States Dollars would be released to you by our payment
center in London.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
Release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

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.
To begin the processing of your claim,please contact your fiduciary
Agent at;

agent_uklottery@sify.com or claims_uklottery@hotmail.co.uk

or

Mr.Collins Raymond

Tel.No.+4470318441111

For due processing and remittance of your Prize,do remember to quote
your Reference and batch numbers in every correspondences with our
agent.
Remember,all Prize must be claimed notlater Than Two weeks from the day of this
annoucement. After which all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Congratulations!!from all our staffs.

Sincerely,

Sussan White
Zonal Co-ordinator
(Promotions Manager)

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