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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: notification@national-lottery.com
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:12:36 -0800
Subject: *** WINNING NOTIFICATION ***

************ ALL EMAILS SHOULD BE SEND TO THE FIDUCIARY AGENT ******************

The National LOTTERY
PO Box 1010
Liverpool
L70 1NL

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
REF: LIB31977NOV


We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today of winners of the THE
NATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE PROGRAM. You / your company, attached to ticket number
013-2316-2002-577, with serial number A025-09 drew the lucky numbers: 3, 14,
24, 27, 35, 42 , and consequently won in category B.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of £1,000,000.00 BRITISH
POUNDS in cash credited to file REF NO. LIB31977NOV. This is from total prize
money of £15,000,000.00 shared among the twenty 15 international winners in
Category "B".

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe, USA and North
America as part of our International Promotions Program, which is conducted
every month.


Your fund is now deposited with the Finance and Security section. Due to the
mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly
from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted
to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

To begin your claim, please contact your claims officer immediately:

STEVE PYKE
FIDUCIARY AGENT
TEL: +44-7040108395
FAX: +44-8712515238
EMAIL: stevepyke@london.com / agentstevepyke@yahoo.co.uk



NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences with your
officer. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform
your claims officer as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.



ONLINE COORDINATOR
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to
disqualification.



------------------------------------------------------THIS MESSAGE AND ITS
CONTENTS (TO INCLUDE ATTACHMENTS) ARE THE PROPERTY OF THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
CORPORATION AND MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. YOU ARE
HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT ANY DISCLOSURE, COPYING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS MESSAGE,
OR THE TAKING OF ANY ACTION BASED ON INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS STRICTLY
PROHIBITED. UNAUTHORIZED USE OF INFORMATION CONTAINED HERE IN MAY SUBJECT YOU
TO CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND PENALTIES.


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