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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (8 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Dayma Edwards" <drawresult@theukglobalwinnerawards.net>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:41:20 +0000
Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UK-LOTTO Headquarters: The Marina Offices, St Peters Yacht Basin, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1HX England   Customer Service Ref: UK/7146x4/99 Batch: 042/02/xa192                                                   WINNING NOTIFICATION:       We happily announce to you the draw (#999) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday 20th of July, 2005 in NEWCASTLE  UNITED-KINGDOM.        Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:and Bonus Ball 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 £251,420 (Two Hundred And Fifty One Thousand,Four Hundred And Two Great British pounds sterling)  in cash, credited to file ktu/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of  £1,005,680 shared amongst the first four (4) lucky winners in this category    All participants for this 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  £251,420 (Two Hundred And Fifty One Thousand,Four Hundred And Two Great British pounds sterling)  will 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 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 receive 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, contact our claims agent below with the following information.   Mr. BRIAN HUNT Email: winningpromo_hunts@yahoo.co.uk Fax:+ (44) 7075023588   FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:........................   CONTACT ADDRESS:..................................   CITY/STATE:.......................................   COUNTRY:..........................................   NATIONALITY:......................................   SEX:.......................AGE:...................   MARITAL STATUS...................................   TEL NO:...........................................   NEXT OF KIN:......................................   AMOUNT WON:.......................................   REFENCE NO:................BATCH NO:..............   LUCKY NO:..................TICKET NO..............   SERIAL NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:..........     Congratulations once again from all members and staff of this program. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programs.     Yours faithfully, THOMAS BARNES Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program                                                                                    CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. Copyright © 1994-2005 The UK National Lottery Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines

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