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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: "Micheal Campbell" <winnersnotifier.nluk1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: paul_cole@ssl-mail.com
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:36:10 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!! WINNING NOTIFICATION




The U.K. National Lottery
12 Bridge Street,
Staines Middlesex TW18 4TP
United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce the results of draw #500 of the NATIONAL LOTTERY UK
online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday Nov 26, 2005 to
you. This special lottery program is sponsored by the National Lottery UK in
conjunction with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and our aim is to
better the lives of internet users all over the world.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial
number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 02-04-10-19-32-13 which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 6th category i.e Thunderball Jackpot. You have
won £250,000 plus our December bonus of £400, 000. Therefore, you have been
approved to claim a total sum of £650, 000 (six hundred and fifty thousand
pounds sterling, appox. 1.2 Million U.S. Dollars) credited to file
KTU/9023118308/03.

All participants for the online version of this draw were selected randomly
through a computer ballot system from over 100,000 unions, associations,
white pages and corporate bodies all listed online under a dedicated email
database managed by the Microsoft Corporation. Please note that your lucky
winning number falls within our worldwide list. In view of this your
£650,000 (six hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling) would be released
to you by any of our payment outlets around the world. To file for your
claim, please contact our fiduciary agent who will give you a payment claim
slip for you to fill and return:

Mr. Paul Cole
Silicon Security, Ltd UK.
Email: paul_cole@ssl-mail.com

Fill and return your claim slip as soon as you receive it to facilitate
immediate processing and remittance of your payment. This way your winners
certificate and all other relevant documents/paperwork can be prepared for
you. You would be required to show a form of identification when collecting
your payment i.e. drivers license or international passport. All payments
must be claimed not later than 15 days after the notification. Thereafter,
all funds will be returned as unclaimed.


DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL! CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT AT THE EMAIL ADDRESS
PROVIDED ABOVE IMMEDIATELY!

For security reasons you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claim is processed and your winnings are remitted to
you in whatever manner deemed fit. This is part of our precautionary measure
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Be warned.
After recieving your winnings you will given be an optional opportunity to
invest part of your payment in three different investment proposals in the
UK for government revenue. This lottery program is supported and sponsored
by the government of the UK and major computer software companies around the
world and is meant for worldwide email subscibers.

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

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

Sincerely,
Mr. Micheal Campbell.
Online Coordinator
NATIONAL LOTTERY UK
Sweepstakes International Program.

Note: This message is not part of an advertisement, spam or a hoax and
therefore it will be very unfortunate if you choose to ignore this winning
notification or choose not to follow the instructions given to claim your
lottery winnings.



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