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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: "uk-national lottery" <coordinatoroffice@national-uk-lottrey.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 16:31:57 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION AND CONGRATULATIONS!!!--------------------CONTACT YOUR FIDUCIARY

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 (#1001) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on wednesday 27th junly 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 10-12-13-17-31-37(bonus ball no.44),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 6.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,440,772(One
million,four hundred and fourty thousand,seven hundred and seventy two
pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £2,881,544 shared amongst the first two
(2)jackpot lucky winners in this category i.e Match 6.

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 europe booklet
representative office in europe as indicated in your play coupon.

In view of this,You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of You
have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of£1,440,772(One
million,four hundred and fourty thousand,
seven hundred and seventy two pounds sterlings)would be released to you by
any of our payment offices in europe.

Our europe agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact them.

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:

MR MICHEAL LEXINGTON
Email:mr_lexingtonclaim1@excite.com
PHONE:+447031844625


For further clarification/verification of your claims, Please call on phone
number of our office stated in this notification e-mail.

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

http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/prizes/prizeAction.do
Goodluck and congratulation from all members of staff of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
Queensley smith.

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

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