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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 (4 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists mobile phone numbers or call redirection numbers (no bank, lottery, etc would use mobile phones to take customer calls).
  

Fraud email example:

From: "The National Lottery ." <uknationallottery@onlinenotification2005.com>
Reply-To: claim_department1@uk2.net
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 03:17:41 +0000
Subject: Dear Winner !

The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL.

Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw(#1032)of the THE NATIONAL LOTTERY,

online Sweepstakes International Program held on Sat 12 Nov 05.Your

e-mail address gave you this lucky numbers: (12-13-25-30-45-47-42) which
made you a possible winner and subsequently won you one of the five Jackpot
prizes.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of One Million, Seven Hundred

And Ninty Two Thousand, Four Hundred And Thirty Pound Starlings  (£1,792,430)

 in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of Five Million,

Three Hundred And Seventy Seven Thousand Two Hundred And Ninty Pounds Sterling only

(£5,377,290),shared amongst the Three (3) lucky winners in this category (Match) (6).

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the
World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over
100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies email addresses that are
listed online.That is where your email-address was gotten from and made you
a possible winner. 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 £1,792,430
would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe. To avoid
unnecessary delays and complications,please quote your eference/batch
numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:
Charlie Green

Email: claim_department1@uk2.net
Tel:+44 703 196 7090
NOTE:
That the way your Winnings Certificate and all other relevant
documents/paperwork can be prepared for you. You would be required to show
an instrument of identification when cashing your cheque i.e.Drivers licence
International passport.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.
Congratulation from me and members of staff of the THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
JONES DUTCHER.
Online Co-ordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes
International Program

Copyright © 1994-2005 The National Lottery Inc.
All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guideline

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