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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: "Richard Lloyd" <uk_lottery58@msn.com>
Reply-To: brtishinternationalclaims@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 16:57:20 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION.

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 (#998) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on saturday
16th of July, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:2-3-21-24-38-44(bonus no. 47), 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 £234,547(Two hundred and thirty
four thousand five hundred and fourty seven pounnds sterling) in cash
credited to fileKTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of
£1,641,829 shared amongst seven (7) lucky winners in 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 £234,547(Two hundred and thirty four thousand
five hundred and fourty seven pounnds 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 contact him.

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:

Mr. Richmond Samuel
Email: brtishinternationalclaims@yahoo.co.uk


Provide him with the information below:
1. Name
2. Address
3. Occupation
4. Marital Status
5. Age
6. Country(Present Location)
7. Nationality
8. Telephone
9. Fax number(if any)
10. Amount Won
11. Draw Number


Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.


Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright © 1994-2005 The UK National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines



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