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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 Lottery Promotion" <uklotterypromos7@msn.com>
Reply-To: claimsoffice_agent@excite.com
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 13:15:08 +0000
Subject: AWARD NOTIFICATION CONGRATULATION!!!!!!!!!!!!.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION
Monmouth House 40 Artillery Lane,London,E1 7LS


Dear Winner,

RE/AWARD NOTIFICATION.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the online cyber lotto
Draws of the Uk national million lotto held on the 17th November 2005.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet.

No tickets were sold.After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail
address emerged as one of ten winners in the category "A" with the
following particulars:

(i) Winning numbers: 43-11-44-37-10-43
(ii) Email code number: 24/00319/IPD
(iii) Lotto ref number: UNL/26510460037/02

Hence you are eligible for the prize of Three million Pound Sterling.
Please contact the under listed Fiduciary Coordinator as soon as
possible for processing of your claim:

Mr. Andrew Brown Alan

Payment Coordinator.

Email:claimsoffice_agent@excite.com

When making your claims quote your email code number in the subject
of your email.You are required keep this award to yourself, especially
your Particulars, until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to you.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,


CONGRATULATIONS!!!


Sincerely,

JAX WHITE
PROMOTION MANAGER
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
LONDON UK,

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