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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 Lottery" <lotterywinners3@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:34:50 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF WINNING.

  

The Marina Offices,

St Peters Yacht Basin,
Newcastle upon Tyne,

NE6 1HX
England

(Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369


                               WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#942) of the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International program held on 26th of june, 2005. It is yet to be unclaimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:

56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:
4-6-9-12-15-40 (bonus no.25), 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 £3,987,470 (Three million nine hundred and eighty seven thousand,four hundred and seventy pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of £15,949,880 shared amongst the(4)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 £3,987,470 (Three million nine hundred and eighty seven thousand,four hundred and seventy pounds sterling)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 her.

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 measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

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

 

NAME: JOE LOUIS
Tel: +44 704 010 6603

Fax:+44 709 286 6019

Official Email: infouklottery@hotmail.com

 

Endeavour to email/fax her your full names, winning numbers,telephone  numbers immediately.

Congratulations from me and members of staff of THE NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Yours faithfully,
ADAMS SMITH.
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Online coordinator for THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

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