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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: "LOTTERY CORDINATOR" <uklottery@teamuknationalgamesinternationaldraw.net>
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2005 00:38:10 +0000
Subject: YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION!!!

The National Lottery

P.O. Box 1010

Liverpool

L70 1NL

United Kingdom.

Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05

Batch: R3/A312-59

ANNOUNCEMENT:

We happily announce to you the draw (#982) of the UK NATIONAL ONLINE RAFFLE DRAW held on Saturday 21st May 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 14,34,38,43,47,48,09 which subsequently won you one of the three Rollover prizes. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,930,787 (One Million Nine Hundred and Thirty Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty Seven Pounds Sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a 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 £1,930,787 would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

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

Mr. John Rickell

Email: john_rickell03@yahoo.co.uk

Provide him with the information below:

1.Name:

2.Address:

3.Marital Status:

4.Occupation:

5.Age:

6.Sex:

7.Nationality:

8.Country Of Residence:

9.Telephone Number:

10.Mobile/Cell Phone Number:

11.Fax Number:

12.Email Address:

13.Draw Number above: 982

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 claiming your winnings.

For precautionary measures, 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 Policy to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

Good luck from me and members of staff of the U.K NATIONAL ONLINE RAFFLE DRAWS.

Yours faithfully,

Sir Richard Harp.

Online Co-ordinator for U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International Program.

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