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

Fraud email example:

From: "Dennis pearce" <ukonline_lottry_dp@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 23:43:21 +0000
Subject: National Lottery

 

 

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04
Batch: R3/A312-60
                WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#985) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes
International program held on  Friday 10 June 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 56475600545 188  with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky
numbers:03-11-17-19-20-41-06(bonus no.08), which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 6 plus bonus.You have therefore been approved to claim a
total sum of   £941 (Nine hundred and forty one thousand,pounds sterling) in cash credited to
file KTU/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of £24,833,286 shared amongst the  (13)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 £941 (Nine hundred and forty one thousand,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 RICHARD BLAKE
Email:richblake_nuk@hotmail.com 
Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Dennis Pearce
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.
Copyright © 1994-2005 The UK National Lottery Inc.
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