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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" <uknlottery11@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 17:03:35 +0000
Subject: BONUS WINNING NOTIFICATION.

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
4th August 2005.

BONUS WINNING NOTIFICATION:

Dear winner,

We happily announce to you the draw (#1000) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Monday 25th of July, 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56154800945 618 with Serial
number 20117/02 drew the lucky numbers: 07-12-16-24-29-37 (bonus no.44),
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
£450,000(four hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited
to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £4,500,000
shared amongst the (10) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus
bonus.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn randomly
from a pool of over 100,000 names of e-mail addresses drawn from Europe,
America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of 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.

In view of this, your £450,000(four hundred and fifty thousand pounds
sterling) in cash will be released to you by our payment offices in Europe.
Our agents will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your funds as soon they are contacted.

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 claim your prize. This is part of our
precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse
of this program. Please be advised.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr. Owen Collins.
Email: uknlotteryclaims@eriga.lv

Congratulations from me and members of staff of UK national lottery.

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Freeman Jacobs (Sir)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes Bonus International Program.

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MAIL !!! CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT TO FILE FOR
YOUR CLAIM.

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