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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: "david camp" <uklottery@intmailworld.com>
Reply-To: uklottery2005@web2mail.com
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:40:32 +0000
Subject: ''WINNING FINAL'' NOTIFICATION

From: UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL

Dear Winner,

WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the United Kingdom Lottery
Winners

International programs held on the 30th of August 2005. Your e-mail address
attached to

ticket number 77007742781005-18721 with Reference number UKLO/69-88800 drew
winning numbers

7-00-71-00-66-49 and credited to batch number 12100, which consequently won
in the 'A'

category.

You have therefore been approved for a pay out of £1,800,000.00 (One Million
Eight Hundred

Thousand Pounds).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your funds are now deposited and insured with a Finance Company to be
transferred into your

nominated bank account either by means of wire transfer or by whatever
suitable means.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning
information very

confidential till your claim has been processed and your prize/money
Remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted
abuse of this

program by some participants. All participants were selected through a
computer ballot

system drawn from over 4,000,000 company and individual email addresses and
names
from all over the world. This promotional program takes place annually.

We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year £20
Million Pounds

International Lottery. To file for your claim, you will be contacting
Western Capital

Funding the accredited finance agent authorised to process your claims for
your payment(You

will receive more information upon your acknowledgment of this email).

This lottery is promoted and sponsored by software corporations and other
private

organisations to help individuals generate flight capital which would
encourage them to

expand their business frontiers and assist with humanitarian concerns.

Please Note that winnings must be claimed not later than 15th of October,
2005. After this

date all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next stake coming up in
2006. Please note

that in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to
quote your reference

number in all correspondence

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform us as soon as
possible.

Congratulations from our organisation and thank you for being part of our
promotional

program.

N.B: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified from this
program.

Sincerely,

Brian Phillip,
Programs coordinator
(Capital Group)

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