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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 K. Lloyd." <GSLottery@kaixo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: agentmyke@velocall.com
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:59:57 -0700
Subject: YOU ARE THE BIG WINNER!!!

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Springfield, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM.
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#909) of the UNITED KINGDOM
NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on
Wednesday 20th october 2004.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 with
Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:1-110-27-35-39-48(bonusno.),which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.ematch 5 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £170,562 (one hundred and seventy thousand five hundred and sixty two pounds sterling)in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £1,023,372 shared amongst the
first seven (6) 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 £170,562 (one hundred and seventy thousand five hundred and sixty two pounds sterling) 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 fiduciary agent:
MR. Myke Agen
Email:agentmyke@velocall.com

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UNITED
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

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