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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: "international lottery" <international_lott@msn.com>
Reply-To: c_dept@lycos.co.uk
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 20:14:43 +0000
Subject: WINNING NOTIFICATION!

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Date: SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
Ref: UK/4920X2/68
Batch: 084/05/ZY360


CONGRATULATIONS!!!



Dear Sir/Madam,

We happily announce to you the draw (#965) of the EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held 29th September 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 189 with Serial
number 5368/05 drew the lucky numbers: 11 13 26 34 44 48 and bonus ball
number Ball 2 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
i.e. 29th September plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £ 250,000.00 (two
hundred and fifty thousand poundsterlings) in cash credited to file
KTU/0023118308/05.This is from a total cash prize of £250,000,000.00 shared
amongst Eleven (11) lucky winners in this category i.e. JULY
29 plus bonus.All participants for the online version were selected randomly
from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from
over 100,000unions,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 £250,000.00 (two hundred and fifty thousand
poundsterlings) 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

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE:

TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,YOU HAVE TO FILL THE FORM BELOW TO ENABLE US HAVE A
COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU,AND ALSO TO OFFICIALLY VERIFY AND
ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR WINNING.ON THE RECIEPT OF YOUR CORRECTLY FILLED FORM,YOUR
AGENT WILL THEN DIRECT YOU TO THE APPROVED PAYING BANK,FOR THE PAYMENT OF
YOUR PRIZE MONEY.IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU DON'T DELAY ON THIS SO AS TO MEET
UP WITH THE GIVEN DEADLINE FOR THE CLAIM OF YOUR PRIZE MONEY.SIMPLY CONTACT
YOUR AGENT COLLINS BROWN AT EMAIL:.(c_dept@lycos.co.uk)


LOTTERY WINNERS APPLICATION FORM OF PAYMENT.


FULLNAME.................................................
DATE OF BIRTH..................................
ADDRESS..................................................
SEX.........................
AGE..................................
NATIONALITY...........................................
OCCUPATION...........................................
TELEPHONE..........................................
EMAIL.................................................
DATE......................................................
SIGNATURE...........................................
WINNER'S REF/BATCH NO...........................APPROVED FOR PAYMENT.


For security reasons,we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize
money remitted/released to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this programme by some
unscrupulous elements,equally to guard against non participant or unofficial
personnel taking undue advantage of this programme,Note that,all winnings
MUST be claimed by a STIPULATED TIME;otherwise all funds will be returned as
Unclaimed and eventually be reabsorbed into our next lucky dip sweepstakes.

Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Yours in service,
MRS: STACEY WRIGHT
Executive Co-ordinator(Euro million Lottery Inc).

Dr. P. Swier, Mr. Gerald Goodman (Manager Foreign Operations), Mr. Franklyn
Van Der Weijden (Manager Domestic Banking Operations), Dr. James Williams
(Director International Credit Department), Mrs. Sandra Murphy (Executive),
Mr. Michael Cole (Executive), Mr. Stephen Boer (Chairman).

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE,MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT
ABOVE.ALSO MAKE SURE YOU SEND DOWN YOUR PHONE AND BANK INFORMATIONS TO YOUR
CLAIMS AGENT FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION.

ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO
DISQUALIFICATION.EQUALLY,NOTEWORTHY IS THE REGULATION THAT PEOPLE BELOW
EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE ARE INELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.

Yours faithfully,
NAME:MRS:STACEY WRIGHT
Online coordinator for EURO MILLIONS
LOTTERY,


Sweepstakes International Program.
Open 7 days 8am-8pm


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