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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 (3 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "British Lottery" <britishlotteryclaimsinfo@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:26:43 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION !!!!!!

 THE BRITISH ONLINE GAME  2005                                                           

      British Lottery Headquarters: 
      Customer Service                                                                      
      33 YATCH BASIN MARINA  OFFICES, 
      UPON TYNE NEWCASTLE .LONDON

3/11/2005
 
Batch: 14/211/0374  
Ref: BTL/311OXI/02

                                          
                                     WINNING NOTIFICATION
   We happily announce to you the draw of the British lottery programs programs held
on the 22th of October 2005 in London, Your e-mail address attached, to ticket
number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial number: 886/04 drew the lucky
numbers:01-6-2-13-35-17, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd
category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum
of  £800,000.00( Eight hundred thousand, pounds sterlings) in cash credited to file
RPC/9080115322/44. This is from a total cash prize of £125 million pounds sterlings.

This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery, The
estimated 125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history.The biggest
was the 363 million pounds sterlings jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2000
drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor. Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as
indicated in our
play coupon. In view of this, your £800,000.00 ( Eight hundred thousand,pounds
sterlings) would be released to you via a courier service.
 
Our european agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release
of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him.
 All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer
draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes place
annually.To file for your claim, please contact our claims processing officer with
the below details for the  processing of your claims.

 

Overseas Claims Unit
United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary Agent Officer
Contact Person: Mr. simon whorse Email: uklottoclaimsdept@hotmail.com
TEL: +44 7031907754

PLEASE FILLOUT THE VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM AND SEND TO Mr. SIMON WHORSE  FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS.

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________

2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________

____________________________________________

3.SEX:_______________

4. AGE:______

5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________

6.OCCUPATION:________________________

7.HAVE YOU APASSPORT OR LICENCE.............(identification on delivery)

8.ANNUAL INCOME..........................

9.INDICATE PREFERRED MODE OF PRIZE COLLECTION:

(A) CHEQUE

(B) DRAFT

(C) TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER IF BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER (Details of the account

where you want your funds transferred):

 ..........................................................
...........................................................

10.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________

11.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

12.LOTTO NUMBER:____________________ B. DRAW NUMBER:______________

13.TICKET NUMBER:___________________

14.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________

15.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL___________

16.AMOUNT WON:___________________________________

17. STATE:__________________________________

18. COUNTRY________________________________ To avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with
us or our designated agent.
 
Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for
being part of our promotional lottery program.
 
Sincerely,
Mr Chris Walker.
Zonal Coordinator
 

Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using British
National Lottery addresses, but are not from The British Lottery.

  PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO : 
CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT:british_onlinelottery_promo@hotmail.c
om

 

LAST WINNERS ON BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE GAME.

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