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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: "UK INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY" <ukonlineloto2005@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 03:24:37 +0000
Subject: FINAL NOTIFFICATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM Date:17-11-2005.
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369




WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#953) of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on on Saturday
17th Nov, 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 12-18-22-24-32-33(bonus
no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5
plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £500,000 (five
hundred thousand pounds sterling) in cash credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £1,000,000 shared amongst the first
four (4) 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 £500,000 (five hundred thousand
pounds
sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in
Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence theprocess 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 claim 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:
GILLAND SMITH.
Ice Gold Finance UK
Electron House
43 London Road
Reigate, Surrey RH2 9PW
United Kingdom
www.uknational-online-lottery.tk
Official Email:PaulShock32@yahoo.co.uk
You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-

Endeavour to email him your full names,winning numbers,email
address,telephone and fax numbers immediately.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Rose Wood (Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

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