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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 (8 typical phrases found).
  
• It lists free email accounts as contact addresses (companies do not use such addresses)
  

Fraud email example:

From: "britishnational lottery" <britishnational555@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:20:42 +0000
Subject: The National Lottery draw (#1022)

                                                                                   

 

NOTE:SEND ALL MESSAGES TO william_gore600@yahoo.co.uk

AND CALL HIM TO CLAIM YOUR WINNINGS  AS DIRECTED BELOW        

                                                  

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010 Liverpool,
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
 
:WINNING NOTIFICATION:
 
We happily announce to you that you are a winner of the draw (#1022) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday 8/10/2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:(bonus no.), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus. 
 
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of   £1,000,000 (One Million Pounds Sterlings) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £9,981,678 shared amongst the  (21) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, 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   £1,000,000 (One Million Pounds Sterlings) 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.

  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. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

To file for your claim, please contact our uk online fiduciary agent:

Mr; William Gore, with your full name and draw number(i.e #1012)

 

Email: william_gore600@yahoo.co.uk

 

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY. 

 

Endeavour to email/fax him your full names,winning numbers,telephone and fax numbers immediately.

 

1. FULL NAMES: _______________________________________________________

2.NATIONALITY: _______________________________________________________

3. DATE OF BIRTH  ________________________________________

4. SEX: _________________________

5. MARITAL STATUS:  _____________________________________

6.CONTACT ADDRESS: _____________________________________________

7.TELEPHONE NUMBER: _______________________

8.OCCUPATION:  _________________________________

9.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL:_______________________________________

10.WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS:________________________________

11.WINNING NUMBER:_________________________________________

12TOTAL AMOUNT WON:_________________________________________

Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Phone :+ 44-703-1903-263
Fax   :+ 44-070-7502-0774
________________________________________________________________________________   

  U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY  Member Services
Sweepstakes International Program.

Please do not reply to this e-mail, because this is an unmonitored alias.

 If you have general questions regarding your winnings please contact the fiduciary agent at the lower left corner for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY comprehensive online help.

________________________________________________________________________________________

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.      

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