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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: "uk national lottery" <uknationallottery@uklottcompany.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:20:28 +0000
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!(YOU HAVE WON 1,000,000 EUROS)

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
We happily announce to you the draw (#961) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,
online Sweepstakes International program held on Wednesday 18TH of JULY,
2005.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:14-21-25-39-40-47
(bonus no.20), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category
i.e match 5 plus bonus.. All participants were selected
randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and
extracted from over 100,000 individuals and companies.The Lottery teams up
with local companies and media partners to promote Lottery products, and
informs citizens on where the proceeds from Lottery ticket sales go.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000
EURO(ONE MILLION EURO) in cash. This is from a total cash prize of
FIFTY THREE MILLION EURO,shared amongst the first hundred (53) lucky winners
in this category.A statewide focus is taken on most large promotions, and
the Lottery works with local companies, such as Pepsi and IBM, in
"co-promotional"partnerships. These partnerships help each company introduce
new products to customers.
This promotion takes place annually. 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 by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.In view of this, your 1,000,000 EURO(ONE MILLION EURO)
would bereleased to you by our Security firm. To file for your claim, please
contact ourfiduciary/Claims agent:
NAME: DAVID HOLT
EMAIL: uklottoclaimsagent11@yahoo.co.uk
lotto_claims_agent01@walla.com
PHONE NUMBER:+447031944211
FAX:+447092860667
COMPANY NAME:Alpha-Consult Services
United Kingdom
Office Address: 20 Station Rd, West Hagley,
Stourbridge, West Midlands DY90NU.
United Kingdom
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact David
Holt with following details below:
1. Your full names,telephone, contact address
2. quote your Ticket number in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release ofyour funds as soon as you contact him.
The Lottery is strongly committed to maintaining the privacy of
personal information that is athered from the use of its web site and web
services.
The following statement discloses the Lottery's privacy policy and its
information gathering/dissemination practices.The Lottery will not
release personal information to third parties except where it is already
provided by law. Depending on the specific nature of the service,
information may be shared with other state agencies as stated in the Open
Records Act.
This statute allows for the exchange of public records or sharing of
information between public agencies when the exchange is serving a
legitimate governmental need or is necessary in the performance of a
legitimate government function. E-mail addresses or other
information that is obtained as a result of interacting with the Colorado
Lottery web site will be used for the benefit of the Lottery and will not
be sold to third party companies except as required by the Open Records Act.
The Lottery will not share personal information with any private
party, except as required by the Open Records Act.
You can go to our online result site to confirm the value of your
winnings and also get a prize breakdown:-
http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/unclaimedPrizes.jsp
Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Christine Walters(Mrs)
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will
result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your
claims agent with your full names,address ,telephone and fax numbers for
processing of your prize.
This message and any attachment are confidential and may be privileged
or otherwise protected from disclosure If you are not the intended
recipient, please telephone or email the sender and delete this message and
any attachment from your system.If you are not the intended recipient you
must not copy this message or attachment or disclose the contents to any
other person.

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