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

Fraud email example:

From: "xmas thunder" <xmas_thunderballbonusgame44@msn.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 23:52:25 +0000
Subject: CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE.

 

 

The THUNDERBALL LOTTERY
P O Box 1010 Liverpool,
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68

 

ATTN;WINNER,

       

                       RE:CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE.

 

We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the long awaited
results of the THUNDER BALL LOTTERY UK, held on the 16th of
November 2005. You were entered as dependent clients with:

Reference Number:TBL/BC25678/KY05, and Batch number NM/207161/WOP.

Your email address attached to the ticket number: 46938
that drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won the
THUNDER BALL in the second category,in four parts.

 

You have been approved for a payment of £ 250,000.00
(Two Hundre and Fifty Thousand British Pounds.) in cash credited to
file reference number:TBL/4247159609/WP2.

 

congratulations!!!

 

All participants were selected through a Multi international computer
ballot system drawn from 90,000(Ninety thousand) names of email users
around the world,as part of our international promotion programme.

Due to mixed up of some names and addresses, we ask that you keep this
award personal, till your claims has been processed and your funds
remitted to you.

 

This is part of our security measures  to avoid double claiming or
unwarranted taking advantage of the situation by other participants
or impersonators.

 

To begin your claim, do file for the release of your winning by
contacting our accredited agent:

Mr.Alfred Duncan
Foreign Transfer Manager.THUNDER BALL LOTTERY UK.
Email: agentalfred_22duncan@yahoo.co.uk 

 

*NOTE*:

 

All winnings must be notarized to complete the claim process; winners
will be referred to a Foreign Transfer Manager,to have their winnings
notarized.

 

Winners are to cover the legal charges not THUNDER BALL LOTTERY UK.

 

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications
please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.

YOUR SECURITY

FILE NUMBER IS W-91238-H°67/B5 (keep personal) Remember,yourwinning
must be claimed not later than (20-12-05). After this date,funds
might be returned to the unclaimed. Furthermore,should there be any
change in your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as
possible.

 

Yours truly,

Mrs. Queedle Bokarana
THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR.
THUNDER BALL LOTTERY UK.

 

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

You are advice to Contact your claims agent
Mr.Alfred Duncan.

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