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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 (10 typical phrases found).
  

Fraud email example:

From: "winning notification" <lotterywinnernotification@uknationalboard.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:11:07 +0000
Subject: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY

                                                               
The National Lottery 

The National Lottery

P O Box 1010

Liverpool, L70 1NL

UNITED KINGDOM

(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68

Batch: 074/05/ZY369

14th July 2005.

UK LOTTERY JACKPOT WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw (#995) of the UK

NATIONAL LOTTERY, online jackpot winnings

Sweepstakes International program held on Wed 14th July, 2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:

56475600545 188 with Serial

number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:

08-25-33-35-38-40 (bonus no 07),

which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd

category i.e match 5 plus bonus.

You have therefore been approved to claim a

total sum of £250,OOO(Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling)
in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.

This is from a total cash prize of £2,000,000

shared amongst the (8) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus
bonus.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
randomly from

a pool of over 100,000 names of e-mail addresses drawn from

Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle-East, parts of

Africa, and North & South America as part of our international
promotions

programme conducted annually to encourage prospective overseas entries.

We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our

subsequent lottery jackpots.

In view of this, your £250,000  (Two hundred and fifty thousand pounds
sterling)

in cash credited will 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 claim is processed and your

money remitted to you

in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measures to avoid double claiming and

unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be advised.

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

Mr. Van Cook: VANCOOK@UK2.COM  

Congratulations from me and members of staff of

THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,

STELLA ELLIS

Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

Sweepstakes Bonus International Program.



DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS!!! CONTACT OUR FIDUCIARY AGENT TO
FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM

 

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