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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: "Richard Williams" <richardwilliams20052005@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 13:24:23 +0000
Subject: winning notification

The U.K. National Lottery
P.O. Box 1010, Liverpool, L7 1NL
United Kingdom.
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-59
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#505)

of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online

Sweepstakes International program held on

Wednesday December 14, 2005 Your e-mail

address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02

drew the lucky numbers: 05-07-14-19-33-10

which subsequently won you the lottery in

the 2nd category i.e Thunderball Jackpot.
You have therefore been approved to claim a

total sum
of £250,000(Two hundred and fifty thousand

pounds) in cash credited to file

KTU/9023118308/03.

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 £250,000(Two

hundred and fifty thousand pounds) would be

released to you by any of our payment

offices in Europe.

To file for your claim, please contact
Mr. Stephen Roberts
Email: contact@natlotteamonline.net
Fax: +44-870 120 9342
Provide him with the information below:
1. Name
2. Address
3. Occupation
4. Marital status
5. Age
6. Country(Present Location)
7. Nationality
8. Telephone and Fax numbers.

That 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 license or
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.This is part of our precautionary

measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of

this program. Please be warned.

You can go to our online result site to

confirm the
value of your winnings and also get a prize

breakdown:-
www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results

/results.do
Goodluck from me and members of staff of

the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Evie Hall.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

N.B: Please do not reply to this mail.

Contact your
Claims officer immediately.
You must be 16 or over to claim a prize.

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