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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: "customerservice@freelotto.com" <customerservice@freelotto.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:46:22 -0500
Subject: Winning notification


FREELOTTO®
P O Box 1010 LIVERPOOL, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68, Batch: 074/05/ZY369
RE :WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw (#996) of the FREELOTTO,online Sweepstakes International program held on 10th November, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:7-20-22-23-34-37 -38, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 1st category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £900,000.00 (Nine Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £9,009,105 shared amongst the (15) 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 £900,000.00 (Nine Hundred Thousand British Pounds 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 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. To claim your prize,you will have to complete a
Claim Form from and send to our fiduciary agent and give proof of your identity(a copy of your international passport or driver's licence). You are to pay a processing fee of £685.00(Six Hundred and Eighty Five British Pounds)or its equivalent in your local currency as fee before claiming their prize for the processing and handling of award to our fiduciary agent,
You are to contact our agents by email or fax within a week of receiving this notice. Please, find full contact details below:
Mr.Barrett Trevor
Alphaconsult Ltd
London
United Kingdom
Email:barretttrevor@britpost.com or barretttrevor@ummah.org
Telephone lines(Working hours only,U.K Time) :
+44 704 012 9778
+44 703 192 1557
+44 703 192 1482
+44 703 192 9535
+44 703 192 9536
Fax Lines : +44 707 500 9658 ; +44 707 502 3158
Congratulations from me and members of staff of the FREELOTTO®
.
Yours faithfully,

Angela Moore.

Online coordinator for FREELOTT INTERNATIONAL
Sweepstakes International Program(www.freelotto.com)
Copyright © 1994-2005 The Freelotto Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines

Dear Winner,
Congratulations once again from all the staff here. Please, complete the claim form below and send to the agent for processing and validation.
VERIFICATION FORM

1.FULL S:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:_____________________________________________

____________________________________________
3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9.LOTTO NUMBER:____________________ B. DRAW NUMBER:______________
10.TICKET NUMBER:___________________
11.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________
12.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL____________

___________________________________________
13. COUNTRY________________________________

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