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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 LOTTO PROMO" <ukpromounit@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:13:24 +0000
Subject: Winning Notification!!

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
UK NATIONAL LOTTO.

Dear Prize Winner,
UK NATIONAL LOTTO, wishes to inform you of the results of its Promotional
draws held on the 30TH of July 2005 as part of our mid Year bonanza. We are
happy to officially inform you that you have emerged a winner under our
Third Category Draws.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
50,000 names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa,
America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as
part of our International Promotional Program.

You have consequently been awarded a lump sum pay out of £2,200,000.00 (Two
Million Two Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) in cash, which is the
winning payout for Third Category winners. This is from the total prize
money of £11,000,000.00 shared between 5 international winners in the
category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with CASH POINT FINANCE,insured in your name. In
your best interest and also to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any
kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly
from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been
completed. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or
unscrupulous acts by participants/non participants of this program.

The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i) Winning Numbers: 12, 28, 22, 23, 45, 49, (06)
(ii) Ticket Number: 44-8201-093
(iii) File Reference Number: BLP20-147-6
(iv) Lotto Batch Number: A14736

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated
account of your choice, please contact your claims agent immediately.
Find below all contact details;

MR. AMBROSE COLE,
FOREIGN SECTION MANAGER,
CASH POINT FINANCE.
PHONE: +447040106513
FAX: +448701315489
Email: cashpointfinance_ukltd@yahoo.co.uk

Remember, you must contact your claims agent not later than two weeks from
the date you received this email. After this date, all funds will be
returned back as unclaimed. For easy
reference and identification, your lotto payment order details stated above
must be provided to your claims agent.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part
of our promotions program.


Sincerely,
Mr. Charles Louis Mcclean,
LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
Units 2A&2B,
Olympic Way,
Sefton Business Park,
Aintree Liverpool,
L30 1RD.
United Kingdom

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification. Please do not reply to this email. Contact your claims
agent Mr. AMBROSE COLE as specified above. (TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY)

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