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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: clemsonedek@tiscali.co.uk
Reply-To: clemsondav202@rediffmail.com
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 06:47:14 -0700
Subject: U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY WINNING NOTIFICATION/REPLY

Dear Sir/Madam.
The U.K. National Lottery
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59

WINNING NOTIFICATION / REPLY
We happily announce to you the draw (477)of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International
program held on september 7th 2005
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:a
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the
lucky numbers:
06-12-16-21-34-01 which subsequently won you the
lottery in the 2nd
category i.e Thunderball Jackpot.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of .250,000(Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds) in
cash credited to
file KTU/9023118308/03.
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
.250,000(Two
hundred
and fifty
thousand pounds)
would be released to you by any of our payment offices
in Europe.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
agent:
Mr.CLEMSON DAVID
Email: clemsondav202@rediffmail.com
provide him whith the information below:
1. Name
2. Address
3. Occupation
4. Marital status
5. Age
6. Country(Present Location)
7. Nationality
8. Telephone and Fax numbers.
That way your winnings certificate and all other
relevant
documents/paperwork
can be prepared for you.
You would be required to show an instrument of
identification when
cashing your cheque.i.e.drivers license or
international passport.
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. You can go to our online result site to
confirm the
value of your winnings and also get a prize
breakdown:-
www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do
http://www.lottery.merseyworld.com/
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
JOHN MARTINS
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTER
Sweepstakes International Program.
N.B: Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your
Claims agent immediately



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