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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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Please note about this email:

• It is a fake lottery scam (6 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "uk lottoy" <uklottory@ukfreepromos.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:24:43 +0000
Subject: OUR WINNERS!!!

            

 

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 (#992) of the UK NATIONAL

LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 25THJUNE,2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:

56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky

numbers:15-23-27-38-44-49(bonus no.34), 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 £100,983  (one hundred

thousand,nine hundred and eighty-three pounds sterling) in cash

credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of

£1,817,694  shared amongst the eighteen (18) lucky winnersin 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 £100,983 (one hundred thousand,nine

hundred and eighty-three 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 make contact.

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:

MRS  Vivica  Lewis 

Email: vivicalewis_fiduciaryagent@yahoo.co.uk

Yours faithfully,

Richard K. Lloyd.

Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

Sweepstakes International Program

NATIONAL LOTTERY

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