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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: "UNIVERSIA LOTTO" <universialottery_2005@msn.com>
Reply-To: uliagent_2005@box.az
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:14:34 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

Date:27/09/2005.
Ref: 475061725
Batch: 7056490902/188
Winning no: GB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 15 of SEPTEMBER
2005 from the Universal Lotto ternational(ULI).
Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their
e-mail addresses Your name was attached to ticket number;47061725
07056490902 serial number 7741137002
This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number
17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. You hereby
have been approved a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION
DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize
of US$8,000,000.00 shared amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawn form
Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada, Australia, United
States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania as part of our
international promotions program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomorate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the commmunities where they have operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in Amsterdam,Holland, as indicated in your play coupon
and your prize of US$1,000,000.00 will be released to you from this regional
branch office
in Amsterdam.

We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year
high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE

Simply contact our fiducial agent, DAVID WEST at uliagent_2005@myway.com
file for your claim . Please quote your reference, batch and winning number
which can be found on the top left corner of this notification as well as
your full name, address and telephone number to help locate your file
easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
released to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by
non-participant or unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed by the 15th of Oct 2005; otherwise all
funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!
Best Regards
Carol Smith(co-ordinator)

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT

uliagent_2005@myway.com . ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE
WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION

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