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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: "Information Department" <info@ukolinelottry01.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 03:18:21 +0000
Subject: congratulations you are a Lucky winner!

                                                       

The U.K National Online Lottery
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 that you are a winner of
the draw (#998) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes
International program held on Saturday 16th July,2005. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02
drew the lucky numbers:02-03-21-24-38-44 (bonus no.47), 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 sumof £234,547.00
(Two Hundred and Thirty four thousand five hundred and fourty seven
pounds sterling)  in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is
from a total cash prize of £1,641,829  shared amongst the (7) 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 thatyour lucky winning
number falls within our European booklet representative office in
England as indicated in your play coupon. In view of
this, your £234,547  (Two Hundred and Thirty four thousand five hundred
and fourty seven pounds sterling)would be released to you by any of our
affiliated security/courier companies in England. Our Fiduciary 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 claims is processed
and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit
to claim yourprize. 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 uk online
fiduciary agent:Mr;Louis Anderson,with your full name and draw
number(i.e 998) Email:
(andersonlouis@hotmail.co.uk).
 
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.

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