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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 award" <uk_lotteryaward@lottaward-london.org>
Reply-To: lotto_award_05@yahoo.it
Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 02:09:08 +0000
Subject: FROM Mark Benson,


The National Lottery. P O Box 1010,
Liverpool, L70 1NL,UNITED KINGDOM.
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369,

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

The UNITED KINGDOM NOTIFICATION LOTTERY AWARD WINNING, focues on health,
education, culture, rural development, institution-building and the
promotion of economic development. It is dedicated to improving living
conditions and opportunities for the poor, without regard to their faith,
origin or gender.

We are pleased to inform you of the announ cement today, of winners of the
promotional,the UNITED KINGDOM NOTIFICATION LOTTERY AWARD WINNING, held on
30TH/1/ 2005 as part of our yearly bonanza. Your email address attached to
ticket number 025-1146-1992-750, with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky
numbers 13-15-22-37-39-43,


consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,200,000.00 (One Million, Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars only) in cash credited to file REF NO.UK/9420X2/68 This is
from total prize money of US$20,400,000.00 shared among the seventeen
international winners in this category.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
25,000 names from the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA and
North America as part of our International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.


All participants in this Lottery Program have been selected randomly through
a computer Ballot System drawn from over 200,000 Companies and 30,000,000
individual emails address from all search engines and web sites. This
promotional program takes place every year.
Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award
strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your
money remitted to your account. You are required to forward the following
details to help facilitate the processing of your certificate and the
release of your winnings prize money.


1. Full names.
2. Residential address.
3. Phone number.
4. Occupation.
5.Your identification of yourself sent via email


You are adviced to forward these informations as soon as possible to enable
us attend to your file. and your information will be forwarded to our
payment office, before they can release your winnings to you.

Once again, congratulations.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Mark Benson,



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