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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: "john kelvin" <freeuklottry@ukpromos.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:41:23 +0000
Subject: Winer you are now

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X/68


WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#984) of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on
Saturday 28th May 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket
number: 5647560054 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:10-16-21-24-34-46(bonus no.30), 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 £122,479 (One Hundred and
Twenty-Two Thousand, Four Hundred and seventy Nine Pounds Sterling) in cash
credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
£1,837,185(One Million,Eight Hundred and Thirty-Seven
Thousand,One Hundred and Eighty-Five Pounds Sterling) shared amongst
the fifteen(15) 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 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 £122,479 (One Hundred and Twenty-Two Thousand,
Four Hundred and seventy Nine Pounds Sterling) would 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 our
agent.
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:
CARL ROLANDS :
Email: winer2005@gmail.com
Tel : +0044-+447031847597

Yours faithfully,
Kelvin. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program
NATIONAL LOTTERY

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